Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clarke (31 July 1846 – 27 February 1927) was an

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newspaperman, poet, playwright, writer, and Irish nationalist. Clarke was born in Kingstown, now called Dún Laoghaire, the port of County Dublin. The family moved to London, when he was twelve years old. He worked as a clerk in the Board of Trade. In 1868, for patriotic motives he resigned and went to Paris and then emigrated to the USA. Clarke became a noted journalist and playwright in America. He was the assistant editor of the ''Irish Times'' (1868–1870) and then joined the ''

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''. While at the ''Herald'', he authored the

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hoax, under the direction of managing editor T.B. Connery. He was the managing editor of the ''

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'' from 1883–1895, editor of the ''Criterion'' from 1898–1900, and of the Sunday edition of the ''

'' from 1903-1906. A member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, Clarke wrote '' Robert Emmet: A Tragedy of Irish History'' (1888), which told of Emmet's life. He wrote various plays, published poetry, and in 1925, his autobiography: ''My Life and Memories''. His comedy "Her Majesty, the Girl Queen of Nordenmark" ran for seventy-eight performances in 1900 at the Manhattan Theatre. His friendship with the Japanese chemist Jōkichi Takamine was reflected in a deep interest in that country. After visiting Japan in 1914, he published ''Japan at First Hand'' and he co-wrote ''The Imperial Japanese Mission, 1917''.

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