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Ellery Harding Clark

American track and field athlete (1874–1949)

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Born
March 13, 1874
Died
February 17, 1949
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1874

About Ellery Harding Clark

Ellery Harding Clark was an American track and field athlete and a writer. He was the first modern Olympic champion in high jump and long jump. Clark is the only person to have won both the Olympic high jump and long jump. Clark achieved it in 1896, at the first modern Olympics in Athens. Clark later won the high jump as well, clearing 1.81 meters.

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The world when Ellery Harding Clark was born

Ellery Harding Clark was born in 1874. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineFirst zoo in US opens in Philadelphia
  • Technology milestoneBarbed wire patented
  • Notable inventionBarbed wire fencing
  • World population~1.54B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population41.8M

1874 versus 2026

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Measure18742026
Population41.8M341 million

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