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Clark Blaise
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Austin Clarke
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William Branwhite Clarke
Clarke, William Branwhite (b. East Bergholt, England, 2 June 1798; d. Sydney, Australia, 16 June 1878), geology. Clarke was a Church of England clergyman who emigrated to New South Wales in 1839 and laid the foundations of Australian geology. The son of William Clarke, the parish schoolmaster of... Read more |
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Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins (William Wilkie Collins), 1824-89, English novelist. Although trained as a lawyer, he spent most of his life writing, producing some 30 novels. He is best known for two mystery stories, The Woman in White (1860) and The Moonstone (1868), which are considered the first full-length... Read more |
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Lewis Gaylord Clark
Lewis Gaylord Clark 1808?-1873, American editor and writer, b. near Syracuse, N.Y. He was the editor (1834-60) of the Knickerbocker Magazine and made it a leading literary publication of its day. He wrote Knickerbocker Sketch-Book (1845) and Knick-Knacks from an Editor's Table (1852). His... Read more |
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John Clarke
John Clarke 1609-76, one of the founders of Rhode Island, b. Westhorpe, Suffolk, England. He emigrated to Boston in 1637 and shortly thereafter joined Anne Hutchinson (with whom he had sided in the antinomian controversy) and William Coddington in founding (1638) Portsmouth on Aquidneck (Rhode... Read more |
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Clark Kerr
Clark Kerr Clark Kerr (born 1911) was an economist and labor/ management expert who served as president of the multi-campus University of California from 1952 to 1967, a period of rapid growth and expansion. He was concerned about the role of the university in society and created a master plan... Read more |
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William Clarke Quantrill
William Clarke Quantrill , 1837-65, Confederate guerrilla leader, b. Canal Dover (now Dover), Ohio. In the Civil War his band of guerrillas was active in Missouri and Kansas. He was given the rank of captain in the Confederate army. On Aug. 21, 1863, Quantrill, with about 450 men, pillaged Lawrence,... Read more |
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William Clark
William Clark 1770-1838, American explorer, one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark expedition , b. Caroline co., Va.; brother of George Rogers Clark . He was an army officer (1792-96), serving in a number of engagements with Native Americans. In 1803 he was chosen by his friend Meriwether ... Read more |
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Septima Poinsette Clark
Septima Clark 1898– Read more |
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