George S Clason

George S. Clason was born in Louisiana in 1874. He studied at the University of Nebraska, served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War, and subsequently worked as a publisher. His publishing house was the first to publish a complete road atlas of North America. From 1926 onward, Clason became known for his work *The Richest Man in Babylon*, a collection of parables about managing money.