Clarence Shepherd Day, Jr. (November 18, 1874 - December 28, 1935) was an American author. He was born in New York City in the USA. He graduated from Yale University in 1896. After working in his father's stockbrokerage house, Day joined the Navy, but developed arthritis and spent the remainder of his life as a semi-invalid. He was a long-time contributor to "The New Yorker" magazine. November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation) is a group of conditions that affect the health of the bone joints in the body. ...

His most famous work is the autobiographical Life with Father, which detailed humorous episodes in his family's life during the 1890s in New York City. Scenes from the book, along with its 1932 prequel, "God and my Father," and its posthumous 1937 sequel, "Life with Mother," were the basis for a 1939 play by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse, which became one of Broadway's longest-running, non-musical hits. In 1947--the year the play ended on Broadway--William Powell and Irene Dunne portrayed Day's parents in the film of the same name. "Life with Father" co-starred a young Elizabeth Taylor and an even younger Martin Milner (later one of the two police-officer stars of the 1968 TV series "Adam-12"), and received Oscar nominations for cinematography, art direction, musical score and best actor (Powell). "Life with Father" also became a popular 1953-1955 television sitcom. Life with Father is a 1947 comedy movie which tells the true story of a stockbroker who wants to be master of his house, but finds his wife and his children ignoring him, until they start making demands for him to change his own life. ...

Day died in New York City shortly after finishing "Life with Father," without ever enjoying the experience of his book's success or getting to see its jump to Broadway and Hollywood.

Selected works of Clarence Day

• This Simian World (1920)
• The Story of the Yale University Press (1920)
• The Crow's Nest (1921)
• Thoughts Without Words (1928)
• God and my Father (1932)
• In the Green Mountain Country (1934)
• Scenes from the Mesozoic and Other Drawings (1935)
• Life with Father (1935)
• After All (1936; posthumous)
• Life with Mother (1937; posthumous)
• The World of Books (1938; posthumous)
• Father and I (1940; posthumous)

External links

• Works by Clarence Day at Project Gutenberg