American fraudster who marketed snake oil as a patent medicine
Clark Stanley
Stanley as depicted on the cover of his book The Life and Adventures of the American Cow-Boy. Life in the Far West by Clark Stanley, Better Known as the Rattle-Snake King
Born
c. 1854
Abilene, Texas, United States
Known for
Source of the term "snake oil salesman"
Clark Stanley (b. c. 1854 in Abilene, Texas, according to himself; the town was founded in 1881) was an American herbalist and quack doctor who marketed a "snake oil" as a patent medicine, styling himself the "Rattlesnake King" until his fraudulent products were exposed in 1916, popularizing the pejorative title of the "snake oil salesman".
ClarkStanley (b. c. 1854 in Abilene, Texas, according to himself; the town was founded in 1881) was an American herbalist and quack doctor who marketed...
away from the Old West.[better source needed] ClarkStanley's Snake Oil Liniment – produced by ClarkStanley, the "Rattlesnake King" – was tested by the...
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[2000] AC 147, [1999] 2 All ER 97 (24 March 1999), House of Lords (UK) Clark, Stanley M. (November 1976). "Gentlemen, Their Lordships". American Bar Association...
2000, and was hosted by Chuck Woolery. At the same time, Clark also hosted the Stone-Stanley-created Winning Lines, which ran for six weeks on CBS from...
physics, chemistry, biology, and psychology. G. Stanley Hall was appointed the first president of Clark University in 1888. He had been a professor of...
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paralysis that came to be known as jake-leg. ClarkStanley, the "Rattlesnake King", produced Stanley's snake oil, publicly processing rattlesnakes at...
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American Man", "Rockin' in the U.S.A.", and "Larger Than Life", with Paul Stanley playing all guitars on the cover "Any Way You Want It". "Rockin' in the...
1980 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1979–80 season, and the culmination of the 1980 Stanley Cup playoffs...
game of advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals, they lost to the Wayne Gretzky-led Los Angeles Kings, who were coached by Clark's cousin, Barry Melrose. Two...
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