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American archaeologist and photographer (1852–1936)

For the American businessman and victim of the Titanic sinking, see Clarence Moore (businessman).

Clarence Bloomfield Moore (January 14, 1852 – March 24, 1936), more commonly known as C.B.

Moore, was an American archaeologist and writer. He studied and excavated Native American sites in the Southeastern United States.

Early life and education

Clarence Bloomfield Moore was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 14, 1852.^[1] His mother Clara Jessup Moore (1824-1899) was an American philanthropist and writer^[2] and his father Bloomfield Haines Moore (1819–1878) was a businessman who founded the Jessup & Moore Paper Company in Wilmington, Delaware.^[3][4] Moore was a middle child and only son for Clara and Bloomfield, his sisters names were Ella Carlton Moore and Lilian Augusta Stuart Moore.

Furthermore, Moore remained unmarried and had no childre