Collection CLAR* - Papers of W. G. Clark

Identity area

Reference code

CLAR*

Title

Papers of W. G. Clark

Date(s)

  • 19th-20th c. (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

12 volumes

Context area

Name of creator

(1821-1878)

Biographical history

William George Clark was born on 18 March 1821, the only son of Robert Clark (d. 1874), farmer, and his wife, Sarah (d. 1869), of Barford Hall, Yorkshire. He was educated at Sedbergh grammar school and at Shrewsbury School under B. H. Kennedy. He enteredread more

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Bookplates in the volumes record that Clark left them to Trinity College Library on his death.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

This small collection contains: MS volumes with notes on classical subjects, particularly Aristophanes, and historical subjects; the beginning of a work on travels in Africa, and a journal of a visit to Mount Athos; a library catalogue; a manuscript bookread more

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

This material is open for research unless otherwise stated.

Allied materials area

Notes area

Note

This record has been created to bring together links to Clark's papers, catalogued as discrete items across several additional manuscript series, for the user.

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