Shepard Bancroft Clough (December 6, 1901 – June 7, 1990) was an American economic historian.
[1] Clough was born on December 6, 1901, in Bloomington, Indiana, and moved to Lebanon, New Hampshire, in 1903.
[2] He graduated from Colby Academy in 1919 and received his bachelor's degree from Colgate University in 1923.
[1] He became a Knight in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and a chevalier of the Legion of Honour after the war.
[1] Clough was the author of a number of books on European economic history and civilizational cycles.