Joseph Clarke (died 1749) was an English cleric and academic, known as a controversialist. He was particularly concerned to oppose followers of Samuel Clarke (no relation).

Life

The son of Joseph Clarke, D.D., rector of

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, he was educated at Westminster School. He was then a student at

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, under Thomas Johnson. He was elected a fellow of his college, proceeded to the degree of M.A., and died after a long illness on 30 December 1749. His funeral sermon, preached in the parish church of Long Ditton on 4 January 1751, by the Rev. Richard Wooddeson, M.A., master of the school at Kingston-on-Thames, was printed at London, in 1751.

Works

His works are: * ''Treatise of Space'', 1733. * ''A Defence of the Athanasian Creed, as a preservative against Heresy''. * ''A full and particular Reply to Mr. Chandler's Case of Subscription to Explanatory Articles of Faith, &c.'' 1749. He also edited Daniel Waterland's ''Sermons on several important Subjects of Religion and Morality'', 2 vols. Lond. 1742, 2nd ed. 1776.

References

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Joseph Year of birth missing 1749 deaths 18th-century English Anglican priests Fellows of Magdalene College, Cambridge People from Long Ditton