John Willis Clark (1833 – 1910), sometimes J. W. Clark, was an English academic and antiquarian.

Academic career

Clark was born into a

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academic family, and was a nephew of Prof. Robert Willis. Educated at

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and

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, he spent his life at the university, serving as Fellow of Trinity, Superintendent of the

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from 1866 to 1892, and

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of the university. He was also Secretary of the

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. He received the honorary degree

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(D.Litt.) from the

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in October 1902, in connection with the tercentenary of the

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. Clark died in 1910, and is buried in the Mill Road cemetery, Cambridge. His son was Sir

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Works

John Willis Clark, Vanity Fair, 1894-05-10

''Architectural History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge''
with Robert Willis, 4 volumes, 1886.
''The Life and Letters of The Reverend Adam Sedgwick''
(1890) in 2 volumes * '' Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods'' (1894) * ''The observances in use at The Augustinian Priory of S. Giles : and S. Andrew at Barnwell, Cambridgeshire'' (1897) * '' On the Vatican Library of Sixtus IV'' (1899)
''A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Peterhouse''
(1899)
''Old friends at Cambridge and elsewhere''
(1900)
''The Care of Books''
(1901)
''Cambridge; a concise guide to the town & university in an introduction and four walks''
(2nd edition, 1902); (1st edition, 1898)
''Endowments of the University of Cambridge''
(1904)
''Cambridge''
(1908)

Contributions to the
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* James Burrough *

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(1734–1820) * Philip Douglas *

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* Richard Harraden *

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(1655?–1728) *

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(1791–1858) *

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(1804–1892) * Robert Plumptre *

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* Joseph Power * George Pryme *

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* Francis Willis *

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(1800–1875) *

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(1774–1846)

Works about Clark

References

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''"J": a Memoir of John Willis Clark''
1913. **

at the

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* Clark, John Willis. (1904). ''Endowments of the University of Cambridge''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by

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, 2009; ) * Clark, John Willis. (1902). ''The Care of Books''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by

, 2009; ) * Clark, John Willis. (1901). ''Specimens of Printing Types and Ornaments''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by

, 2009; )

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