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Arthur Hugh Clough (1819 - 1861)

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  • Arthur Clough was born in Liverpool to James Butler Clough, a cotton merchant of Welsh descent, and Anne Perfect, from Pontefract in Yorkshire. In 1822 the family moved to the United States, and Clough's early childhood was spent mainly in Charleston, South Carolina. He was the devoted assistant to Florence Nightingale and the brother of suffragist Anne Clough.
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