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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Clarke, Augustus Peck, physician, surgeon, W!is born Sept. 34, 1833, in

In 1856 he entered

Brown

Pawtuoket,

university,

R.I.

and

in

1861 received the degreee of A.M. from that institution; and the degree of M.D.

from Harvard university in 1862.

He

during

civil

the

served

war

and was promoted to the rank of surgeon; and in 1864 to surgeon-in-chief; and was lieutenant colonel and also colonel for meritorious conduct during his term of service. In 1865 he traveled abroad and attended the various medical schools and hospitals in London, Paris and Leipzig. In 1886 he moved to Cambridge, Mass.; and soon established a high reputation as a practitioner. He has been dean and professor in the college of physicians and surgeons of Boston since 1893; and has held numerous high positions of honor in medical bodies and other societies. He is the author of Clarke's Kindred Genealogies; and Book of Poems. Clarke, Bayard, soldier, congressman, was born March 17, 1815, in New York City. He served in the second regiment of dragoons through the Florida war. He resigned in 1843 and in 1855-57 he was a representative from New York to the thirty-fourth congress. He died in Florida. Clarke, Benjamin Franklin, educator, college president, was bom July 14, 1831, in

brevetted

Newport, Maine.

He

graduated from Brown

university. In 1863-68 he was an instructor in Brown University; was professor in 18681905; and was then retired as professor emer-

In 1896-97 he was acting president and president in 1897-99. In 1867-81 he was a member of the school board of Providence, R.I.; and is a trustee of Brown university and of Hartshorn memorial college of Richmond, Va. Clarke, Beverly L., diplomat, congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a member of the state legislature in 1841-42; and was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1849. In 1847-49 he was a represenitus.

from Kentucky to the thirteeenth congress; and in 1858 was appointed minister to Guatemala and Honduras. He died March 7, 1860, in Honduras. Clarke, Charles E., congressman, was bom April 8, 1790, in Greatbend, N.Y. In 1839-40 Tie was a member of the New York assembly from JefTerson county; and in 1849-51 he was a representative from New York to the thirty-first congress. He died Dec. 39, 1863, tative

in Greatbend,

N.Y.

Clarke, Daniel, congressman. In 1806-07 he was a territorial delegate from Louisiana to the ninth congress. He died in Louisiana. Clarke,

Daniel B.,

capitalist,

was born

635

3, 1835, in Washington, D.C. He was elected a member of the Washington city council; is director of the Metropolitan railroad company; and is also a director of the United States electric light company. He Is also president of the Franklin insurance company; and since 1877 has been president of the national bank of the republic of

March

Washington, D.C. Clarke, Charles Whittle, soldier, lawyer, statesman, was born in 1840 in Vermont. He is a lawyer by profession. He served in the federal army during the civil war in the forty-second regiment in 1861-66, with the

He

rank of captain.

was a member

of the constitu-

Mississippi tional convention a member of the state legislature served as



probate judge and for twelve years was district attorney in Mis;

sissippi.

And

ever since

1883 he has been a resident of Missouri; was a member of the thirty-ninth general assembly of Missouri; and in 1900-08 was a member of the state senate. Since 1906 he has been surveyor of customs for the port of City, Mo. Clarke, Creston, actor, was born Aug. 30, 1865, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of The Last of His Race. Clarke, Denis, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 2, 1797, in Westhampton, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman of Boston; and editor of the Christian Times in 1845-51. He was the author of Letters to Horace Mann; Oneness of the Christian

Kansas

Orthodox Congregationalism and Saying the Catechism Seventyfive Years Ago and the Historical Results; Review of the Oberlin Council; Letters to Young People in Manufacturing Villages; Church;

the Sects;

Revision of the English Version of the Biand Essay on the Tri-Unity of God. He died March 8, 1884, in Boston, Mass. Clarke, Dujnont, banker, capitalist, was

ble;

Oct. 1, 1840, in Newport, R.I. He is president of the American exchange national bank; and a member of the board of managers of the Adams express company; is a director of the Norfolk and southern railroad company; is a director of the Long Island railroad company; and a director of the Home insurance company. Clarke, Edgar W., educator, clergyman, college president, genealogist, was born May 29, 1825, in Milton, N.Y. He has filled pastorates in North Evans and Medina, N.Y.; and also in Sterling and Pana, 111. He has been principal of Riverside seminary, N.Y.; and president of Irvington college, 111. He is now pastor emeritus of Pana presbyterian church. He is the author of Genealogy of Samuel Clark from 1636 to 1893.

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