Clark, Andrew

Education

Student United College 1871-1872 Gk. 1; Lat. 1; Math. 1; Anat. & Physiol. 1872-1873 Log.; Gk. 2; Lat. 2; Math. 2; Anat. & Physiol. 1873-1874 M. Phil.; Pol. Econ.; Eng. Lit.; Gk. 3; Lat. 3; Math. 3 1874-1875 N. Phil.; Gk. 3; Chem.; Math. 3. Garth bursar, 1871. Bruce bursar, 1872. Tyndall Bruce bursar, 1873. Miller prize 1873, 1874, 1875. Gray prize 1875, 1876. Arnott prize, 1875. Guthrie scholar. M.A. 21.4.1876. LL.D. 27.3.1896.

Assistant to Lewis Campbell 1879-1880 and 1880-1881.

Birth/childhood

Born 5.6.1856 son of Robert Clark, farm servant, Dollar and Eliza Bowie.

Career

Also at Oxford University - Lincoln College - B.A. 1879.

Assistant to Lewis Campbell 1879-1880 and 1880-1881. [St Andrews University]

Fellow of Lincoln College 1880 - 1886. Proctor 1889.

Vicar of St Michael’s, Oxford 1885 - 1894. Rector of Leigh Magna, Essex 1894 - 24.3.1922 (died). [Minister]

Son in law of Dr. John Paterson, Clifton Bank.

His daughter and granddaughter were students at St Andrews. 92 volumes of his diaries are in the Bodleian Library.

Publications

The Colleges of Oxford: their history and traditions...edited by Andrew Clark (London: Methuen, 1891)

etc.

Death

[Died 24.3.1922.]

Sources

  • UYUC400:1.11.1871, 16.1.1873, 26.4.1873, 24.4.1874, 22.4.1875
  • UYUY452/19/141, 202, 338, 394, 407
  • UYUY674
  • Births Reg. Dollar 1856/27
  • Essex Review xxxi 1922 p114 - 116
  • St Andrews Citizen 1.4.1922 p5 col 5
  • James Munson, Echoes of the Great War: the diary of… Oxford, 1985
  • Andrew Clark (priest) in Wikipedia.