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Henry Clews

1836–1923

A Wall Street banker with a flair for storytelling, he turned decades of market experience into books that opened up high finance to general readers. Born in England and later prominent in New York, he wrote vividly about money, politics, and the personalities behind the market.

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Fifty years in Wall Street

Fifty years in Wall Street

by Henry Clews

About the author

Born in Staffordshire, England, in 1836, Henry Clews built his career in the United States and became known as a New York financier, banker, and writer. He was active in Wall Street during a period of rapid growth and upheaval, and his long firsthand experience gave him plenty to draw on as an author.

Clews is especially remembered for writing about finance in a way that connected market events with the people and power struggles behind them. His books include Twenty-Eight Years in Wall Street and Fifty Years in Wall Street, works that mix memoir, observation, and commentary on American business and public life.

He died in 1923, leaving behind a record of the financial world as he saw it from the inside. For listeners interested in the human drama behind markets and money, his writing offers both historical detail and a strong personal voice.