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gave a sum of money to found the Clark professorship of moral philosophy in Yale

He

college.

died April 10, 1840, in Oxford,

Conn. Clark, Silas, lawyer, jurist. In 1887 he associate justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. He died Nov. 20, 1891. Clark, Simeon Tucker, physician, lecturer, author, poet, was born Oct. 10, 1836, in Canton, Mass. He was professor of medical jurisprudence in Niagara university. He was Garden. the author of a work entitled He died Dec. 24, 1891, in Lockport, N.Y. Clark, Solomon Henry, educator, orator, author, was born about 1865. He is a reader and lecturer; and professor of public speaking in the university of Chicago. He is the author of How to Read Aloud; and Practi-

was an

My

OF,

AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.

part

the third expedition of discovery

in

made by the pilgrims in 1620. He died on March 24, 1697, in Plymouth, Mass. Clark, Thomas Arkle, educator, author, was born May 11, 1862, in Minonk, 111. In 1890 he graduated with the degree of B.L. from the university of Illinois; in 1894 was a student in the univerr sity of Chicago ; and in ..J^ Harvard 1898-99 in university. In 1891-93 he was an instructor in English and latin in the university of IlliIn 1893-95 he nois.

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instructor in Engin 1895-99 was. assistant professor of rhetoric; in 1899 was

was

lish;

cal Public Speaking.

Clark, Mrs. Susan Rebecca

Graham, edu-

cator, author, was born July 2, 1848, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is a writer of Portland, Maine; and has written much juvenile literature. Among her works are Yensie Walton; Our Street; The Triple E.; Achor;

Herbert Gardenell's Children; Tom's Street;

and Go's Going. Clark, Theodore Minot, architect, author, was born Aug. 20, 1845, in Boston, Mass. He is an architect of Boston; formerly in-

professor of rhetoric; and in 1901 was acting dean of the college of literature and arts in the university of Illinois. He is the author of English Compositions in State Course

Study; English Composition in the Grades; Great American Authors; and Great English Authors. Clark, Thomas March, clergyman, bishop, author, was born July 4, 1812, in Newburyport, Mass. He is a clergyman of Rhode Isof

land;

structor in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Architect, Owner and Builder Before the Law; Building Superintendence; and Rural School Ar-

theologians of old broad churchschool. In 1854 he became bishop of Rhode Island; and in 1899 became presiding bishop of the Protestant episcopal church. He was the author of Prithe

chitecture.

North North the revolutionary war;

Clark, Thomas, soldier, was born in Carolina. In 1775 he was major in the

Carolina regiment in in 1783 was brevetted brigadier-general.

and

Clark,

Thomas,

educator,

author,

was

in 1787 in Lancaster, Pa. He was editor of latin and greek classics for the association of the Philadelphia booksellers. He was author of Naval History of the United

mary

bom

States from the Commencement of the Revolutionary War, 1814; and Sketches of United States Naval History. He died in 1860 in Philadelphia, Pa. Clark, Thomas, mate of the Mayflower. His first name is unknown, though it has been conjectured that he was identical with a Thomas Clark, who died in Plymouth, March 24, 1697, aged ninety-eight, according to his gravestone, but who had made oath that he was bom in 1605. If the latter date is correct, the men are probably not the same, especialUy as Thomas Clark shared in the division of land in 1627 as coming on the Ann, and not on the Mayflower. Clark was selected for master's mate or pilot of the Mayflower, because he had made a voyage to Virginia in 1619, and had been twice on the New England coast. Clark's island, just within the entrance of Plymouth harbor, was named for him, as he was said to have been the first to stejp ashore there. Clark ia also mentioned as having taken

and prominent

among

Dew

Truths; of

Youth

The and

Other Lectures to the

Young Men and Women; Early Discipline

and Culture; The

Effi-

cient Sunday School Teacher; and Reminiscences; and other works. He died Sept. 7, 1903, in Middleton, E.I.

Clark, Victor Selden, educator, journalist, author, was born June 13, 1868, in Portageville, N.Y. He is superintendent of public instruction and president insular board of education of Puerto Rico under the military government. He is the author of Teachers'^ Manual and Studies in the Latin.

Clark, Wallis Olwin, soldier,

was born

in

Massachusetts. In 1877 he graduated from the United States military academy; and since 1902 has been major in the fifth infantry United States army. Clark, Walter, sculptor, artist, was bom. March 9, 1848, in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1876-81 he followed sculpture; and then became engaged in landscape work. Some of his pictures are In Early Leaf; and Gloucester Harbor. He is a member of the national!

academy of

design.