Edward Clarke (author)
Edward Clarke (1730–1786) was an English cleric and author.
Life
The son of
In 1760 Clarke went with the
Clarke died, after gradual decay and paralysis, in November 1786.[1]
Works
Clarke's first publication was a poem in Greek hexameters, on the death of Frederick, Prince of Wales, in the Luctus Academiæ Cantabrigiensis, 1751. In 1755 he published A Letter to a Friend in Italy, and Verses on reading Montfaucon. He produced Letters concerning the State of Spain … written at Madrid during the years 1760 and 1761, (1763), with details and statistics; and A Defence of the conduct of the Lieutenant-governor of the Island of Menorca, in Reply to a Printed Libel (London, 1767).[1]
Family
In 1763 Clarke married Anne, daughter of Thomas Grenfield of Guildford, Surrey. He left three sons: the Rev. James Stanier Clarke, Edward Daniel Clarke, and George, of the Royal Navy, who drowned in the River Thames in 1806. His only daughter, Anne, was married to Captain William Standway Parkinson, RN (1769–1838), who was with Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Clarke, Edward (CLRK748E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Clarke, Edward (1730-1786)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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