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William C. (William Clarkson) Van Antwerp
1867–1938
A Wall Street insider of the early 1900s, he wrote with the confidence of someone who knew the trading floor firsthand. His best-known work opens a window onto the New York Stock Exchange and the ideas that shaped modern finance.
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The Stock Exchange from Within
by William C. (William Clarkson) Van Antwerp
About the author
Born in 1867, William C. Van Antwerp was an American stockbroker and writer whose work grew directly out of his experience in the securities business. Contemporary catalog and archive records identify him as William Clarkson Van Antwerp and link him with writing on stock exchange practice and finance.
He is best known for The Stock Exchange from Within, first published in 1913 by Doubleday, Page & Company. In that book, he explains how the New York Stock Exchange worked and argues for its importance in American economic life, blending practical observation with a plainspoken defense of the market.
Van Antwerp also published The War and Wall Street, showing his interest in how large public events affected finance and investment. He died in 1938, and his books remain of interest to readers curious about the language, assumptions, and mechanics of early twentieth-century Wall Street.