Henry Marcus Clark

Henry Marcus Clark
Nationality Australian

Henry Marcus Clark (born 1859 - died 1913)[1] was an Australian businessman who built a retailing empire known as Marcus Clark & Co. featuring a chain of Marcus Clark department stores.

He arrived in Australia from England in 1880. In 1883 he started a small drapery shop which prospered.

His 6th child Byron Marcus Clark died in a cliff fall near their Blue Mountains home (Drachenfels) in 1899[2]

He is buried at Waverley Cemetery .

References

  1. ↑ http://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/documenting-nsw-homes/sefton-hall
  2. ↑ http://bmlocalstudies.blogspot.com/2009/03/white-cross-at-mt-york.html


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