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Kenneth Clark (other)
Kenneth Clark (1903–1983) was an English art historian and television presenter. Kenneth, Ken(ny) Clark or Kenneth Clarke may also refer to: Sports Gridiron football * Kenny Clark (wide receiver) (born 1978), American football wide receiver * Kenny Clark (defensive tackle) (born 1995), America football defensive tackle * Ken Clark (punter) (1948–2021), CFL and NFL punter * Ken Clark (running back) (1966–2013), former NFL running back * Ken Clarke (American football) (born 1956), American football defensive tackle Other sports * Kenny Clark (referee) (born 1961), former Scottish referee * Ken Clark (weightlifter) (born 1955), American Olympic weightlifter * Ken Clarke (Australian footballer) (1883–1965), Australian rules footballer * Kenneth Clarke (field hockey), Australian hockey player Others * Kenneth Clarke, Baron Clarke of Nottingham (born 1940), a British politician * Kenneth Clark (psychologist) (1914–2005), African-American psychologist * Kenneth Clark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Clark
Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark (13 July 1903 – 21 May 1983) was a British art historian, museum director, and broadcaster. After running two important art galleries in the 1930s and 1940s, he came to wider public notice on television, presenting a succession of programmes on the arts during the 1950s and 1960s, culminating in the ''Civilisation'' series in 1969. The son of rich parents, Clark was introduced to the arts at an early age. Among his early influences were the writings of John Ruskin, which instilled in him the belief that everyone should have access to great art. After coming under the influence of the connoisseur and dealer Bernard Berenson, Clark was appointed director of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford aged twenty-seven, and three years later he was put in charge of Britain's National Gallery. His twelve years there saw the gallery transformed to make it accessible and inviting to a wider public. During the Second World War, when the collection was moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Clark (psychologist)
Kenneth Bancroft Clark (July 24, 1914 – May 1, 2005) and Mamie Phipps Clark (April 18, 1917 – August 11, 1983) were American psychologists who as a married team conducted research among children and were active in the Civil Rights Movement. They founded the Northside Center for Child Development in Harlem, Manhattan, Harlem and the organization Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited (HARYOU).Freeman, Damon (2008). ''Kenneth B. Clark and the Problem of Power''. Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis. Kenneth Clark was also an educator and professor at City College of New York, and first Black president of the American Psychological Association. They were known for their 1940s experiments using dolls to study children's attitudes about Race (classification of human beings), race. The Clarks testified as expert witnesses in ''Briggs v. Elliott'' (1952), one of five cases combined into ''Brown v. Board of Education'' (1954). The Clarks' work contributed to the ruling of the U.S. Supreme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Clarke
Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride cymbal to keep time rather than the hi-hat, along with the use of the bass drum for irregular accents (" dropping bombs"). Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was orphaned at the age of about five and began playing the drums when he was eight or nine on the urging of a teacher at his orphanage. Turning professional in 1931 at the age of seventeen, he moved to New York City in 1935 when he began to establish his drumming style and reputation. As the house drummer at Minton's Playhouse in the early 1940s, he participated in the after-hours jams that led to the birth of bebop. After military service in the US and Europe between 1943 and 1946, he returned to New York, but from 1948 to 1951 he was mostly based in Paris. He stayed in New York between 1951 and 1956, performing with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Clarke (bishop)
Kenneth Herbert Clarke (born 23 May 1949) is the former Mission Director of SAMS UK & Ireland. He was Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh from 2001 until 2012. Biography Clarke grew up in Holywood, Co. Down, Northern Ireland and was educated at Sullivan Upper School and Trinity College, Dublin, and ordained in 1972, his first posts were curacies at Magheralin and Dundonald. He then served as a missionary in Chile, following which he was Rector of Crinken Church, Dublin, and then Rector of Coleraine and Archdeacon of Dalriada before elevation to the episcopate as the 17th bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh in the Church of Ireland. Bishop Clarke is married to Helen and they have four daughters. Bishop Clarke became a patron of the Iona Institute The Iona Institute is a socially conservative, Christian, advocacy group, frequently described as a Catholic pressure group based in Ireland. Founded by columnist David Quinn, it was launched publicly in 2007. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Willis Clark
Kenneth Willis Clark (1898–1979) was a professor at Duke University, Greek Palaeography, palaeographer; area of interest: Greek New Testament manuscripts, and author of numerous books. Clark catalogued the Greek New Testament manuscripts housed in the libraries of the United States and Canada (1937).T.C. Skeat''A descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America. By K.W. Clark'' „The Journal of Hellenic Studies”, Volume 59, Issue 1, 1939, p. 179. Clark described and catalogued manuscripts housed in the library of the Saint Catherine's Monastery during his an expedition the Mount Sinai (1952). According to his report two-thirds of that library comprised Greek manuscripts with items in Arabic, Persian, Georgian, Syriac, Ethiopian and Slavonic.Jason Steinhauer''EU Month of Culture Spotlight: Bulgaria''May 2, 2016 He also catalogued the manuscripts housed in the libraries of the Greek Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Greek and Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Armenia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Clark (politician)
Ken Clark is an American politician, who served as a Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 24 from 2015 to 2019. Elections * 2014 – Ken Clark and Lela Alston defeated Richard Bauer in the Democratic primary. Alston and Clark defeated Lei Lani Cortez in the general election. * 2010 – Clark was defeated by Lela Alston and Katie Hobbs in the Democratic primary election on August 24, 2010. References External links Official pageat the Arizona State Legislature Biographyat Ballotpedia Ballotpedia is a nonprofit and nonpartisan online political encyclopedia that covers federal, state, and local politics, elections, and public policy in the United States. The website was founded in 2007. Ballotpedia is sponsored by the Lucy Bur ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Ken Living people Democratic Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives Politicians from Phoenix, Arizona Northern Arizona University alumni 21st-century American poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Clark (actor)
Kenneth Donovan Clark (June 4, 1927 – June 1, 2009) was an American B movie actor. He appeared in movies in the United States and Europe, including the Secret Agent 077 trilogy, '' South Pacific'', and a number of Spaghetti Westerns. Early years Clark was born in Neffs, Ohio. He enlisted in the Navy when he was 17, and after being honorably discharged, he sought a career as an actor. When that effort was unsuccessful, he found employment as a model and as a construction worker. He also worked as a coal miner in the mid 1950s near Cadiz Ohio. Acting career Early career Clark was originally contracted to 20th Century Fox. While working for that studio, he acquired a reputation as a “beefcake” actor similar to Richard Egan. He appeared in a variety of genres of film, including crime (''Six Bridges to Cross''), Western ('' The Last Wagon''), and war film ('' Between Heaven and Hell''). Additionally, in one of his final roles for Fox, he appeared in Elvis Presley’s debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Clark (priest)
Kenneth James Clark, DSC (31 May 1922 – 29 January 2013) was Archdeacon of Swindon from 1982 to 1992. He was educated at Watford Grammar School. After Wartime service as a Submariner with the Royal Navy he completed his education at St Catherine's College, Oxford and Ripon College Cuddesdon. After curacies in Brinkworth and Cricklade he was the Incumbent (ecclesiastical) of Holy Cross, Bristol from 1956 to 1961. He was Vicar of Westbury-on-Trym from 1961 to 72; and of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol from 1972 until his appointment as Archdeacon. He was a Member of the General Synod of the Church of England The General Synod is the tricameral deliberative and legislative organ of the Church of England. The synod was instituted in 1970, replacing the Church Assembly, and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church ... from 1980 to 1992.‘CLARK, Ven. Kenneth James’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Clark (ceramicist)
Kenneth Inman Carr Clark (31 July 1922 – 10 June 2012) was a New Zealand-born British ceramicist, best known for his decorative tiles. Early life and family Born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 31 July 1922, Clark was the son of Aubrey Sherman Clark, a farms inspector, and his wife, Annie Barbara Louisa Clark (née Inman). Through his mother, Clark was a great-grandson of William Inman, founder of passenger shipping company, the Inman Line. On his father's side, he was related to the 18th-century English architect, John Carr. Clark spent most of his childhood in Nelson and was educated at Nelson College from 1937 to 1941, where he won several prizes for drawing. In World War II, he initially enlisted in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, but subsequently transferred to the Royal Navy. He was present during the Normandy landings, and was mentioned in dispatches. Ceramics After the end of the war, Clark remained in Britain and took up an ex-serviceman's scholarship at Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Clarke
Kenneth Harry Clarke, Baron Clarke of Nottingham, (born 2 July 1940), often known as Ken Clarke, is a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 1992 to 1993 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 to 1997 as well as serving as deputy chair of British American Tobacco from 1998 to 2007. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rushcliffe from 1970 to 2019 and was Father of the House of Commons between 2017 and 2019. The President of the Tory Reform Group since 1997, he is a one-nation conservative who identifies with economically and socially liberal views. Clarke served in the Cabinets of Margaret Thatcher and John Major as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1987 to 1988, Health Secretary from 1988 to 1990, and Education Secretary from 1990 to 1992. He held two of the Great Offices of State as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He contested the Conservative Party leadership three times—in 1997, 2001 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Clark (wide Receiver)
Kenneth L. Clark (born May 14, 1978) is a former professional American football wide receiver. He played college football at UCF. Clark played for the Minnesota Vikings in the National Football League for three seasons but had limited game action due to injuries. Early life and college career Born in Gainesville, Florida, Clark grew up in Ocala, Florida and graduated from Vanguard High School in 1996. At Vanguard, Clark played football with his cousin, quarterback Daunte Culpepper, who would go on to play professional football. Clark's older brother Steve Rhem also played professional football. At the University of Central Florida, Clark played at wide receiver for the UCF Knights from 1997 to 2000, graduating with the seventh most receptions (130) and tenth most receiving yards (1,655) in program history. Professional career After the 2001 NFL Draft, Clark signed as an undrafted free agent with the Minnesota Vikings on April 23, 2001, again becoming a teammate of his cousin C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Clarke (field Hockey)
Kenneth Howard Clarke (4 June 1931 – 31 August 2014) was an Australian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References External links * 1931 births 2014 deaths Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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