Arthur Melville Clark

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(20 August 1895 – 21 March 1990) was a Scottish educationalist and author of several academic books about English literature and poetry.

Life

He was born in

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on 20 August 1895 the son of Margaret Moyes (née McLachlan) and James Clark. He was schooled at Daniel Stewart’s College. He studied at both the

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and the

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. On graduation in 1920 he began lecturing in English language and literature at the

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. From 1928 to 1946 he was a Reader in English Literature at the

. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1928, his proposers including

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. In 1947 the University of Edinburgh awarded him an honorary doctorate (DLitt). He died in Edinburgh on 21 March 1990.

Other positions

*President of the

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1926 to 1929 *President of the Edinburgh branch of the Scott Club 1957-58

War service

Clark was awarded the Knights Cross of the

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in the

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. He was also made a Knight of the

Order of St Lazarus The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, also known as the Leper Brothers of Jerusalem or simply as Lazarists, was a Catholic military order founded by crusaders around 1119 at a leper hospital in Jerusalem, Kingdom of Jerusalem, whose care bec ...

of Jerusalem. These awards related to his work on international relations during the war.

Publications

*''The Realistic Revolt in Modern Poetry'' (1922) *''A Bibliography of

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'' (1924) *''

: Playwright and Miscellanist'' (1931) *''Autobiography: Its Genesis and Phases'' (1935) *''Spoken English'' (1946) *''Studies in Literary Modes'' (1946) *''Sir Walter Scott: The Formative Years'' (1969) *''Murder Under Trust, or, The Topical MacBeth and Other Jacobean Matters'' (1982)

References

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* * 1895 births 1990 deaths People educated at Stewart's Melville College Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Writers from Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Oxford Academics from Edinburgh {{academic-stub