An Outline History of Architecture for Beginners and Students: With Complete Indexes and Numerous Illustrations

by Clara Erskine Clement Waters

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230 pages, Hardcover

First published September 10, 2010

About the author

Clara Erskine Clement Waters (1834-1916) was an American author and traveler. She was the daughter of John and Harriet Bethiah (Godfrey) Erskine, and her father was a businessman. She was educated at home by private tutors. In 1852, she married James Hazen Clement, a businessman. They moved to Newton, Massachusetts. After his death, in 1882, she married Edwin Forbes Waters, author and owner of the Boston Daily Advertiser. They resided in Cambridge. She made extensive tours in Europe, visited Palestine and Turkey in 1868, and traveled around the world in 1883/4. Her travels continued later in life.