Clifford Ashley
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Clifford Warren Ashley (December 18, 1881 - September 18, 1947) was an American author, sailor, and artist. He is perhaps most famous for The Ashley Book of Knots, ISBN 0-385-04025-3, an encyclopedic reference manual with directions for and illustrations of thousands of knots.
He was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He died in Westport, MA.
Ashley also wrote The Yankee Whaler, a study of sperm whale hunters in New England in the late 18th century and early 19th century.
