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George Samuel Clason

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George Samuel Clason Veteran

Birth
Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri, USA
Death
7 Apr 1957 (aged 82)
Napa, Napa County, California, USA
Burial
San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section R, Site 3167
Memorial ID
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George Clason is best known for writing a series of informational pamphlets about being thrifty and how to achieve financial success. He started writing the pamphlets in 1926, using parables that were set in ancient Babylon. Banks and insurance companies began to distribute the parables and the most famous ones were compiled into the book The Richest Man in Babylon.

The Clason Map Company was the first to publish a Road Atlas of the United States and Canada. The company went bankrupt in the Great Depression. It was owned by George Samuel Clason in Denver, Colorado

Clason was married twice, the first time to Anna Burt and the second to Ida Ann Venable.
George Clason is best known for writing a series of informational pamphlets about being thrifty and how to achieve financial success. He started writing the pamphlets in 1926, using parables that were set in ancient Babylon. Banks and insurance companies began to distribute the parables and the most famous ones were compiled into the book The Richest Man in Babylon.

The Clason Map Company was the first to publish a Road Atlas of the United States and Canada. The company went bankrupt in the Great Depression. It was owned by George Samuel Clason in Denver, Colorado

Clason was married twice, the first time to Anna Burt and the second to Ida Ann Venable.


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