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Clarke, Sir Ernest, 1856-1923 (Knight and lecturer)

 Person

Biography

Sir Ernest Clarke (1856-1923) was born in Bury St Edmunds on 21 February 1856, and educated in the town. He was a clerk in the Medical Department, Local Government Board, 1872-1881; Assistant Secretary, Share and Loan Department, Stock Exchange, 1881-1887; and Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1887-1905. He was granted an honorary M.A. by Cambridge University in 1894, and was First Lecturer in Agricultural History, 1896-1899, and Gilbey Lecturer in the History and Economics of Agriculture, 1897-1901. Clarke was knighted in 1898. He died on 4 March 1923.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Sir Ernest Clarke: Lectures on the history of agriculture

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8095-8096
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a series of twelve Cambridge University lectures by Sir Ernest Clarke on the history of agriculture, made by F.A. Buttress from a copy held at the Rothamsted Experimental Station.

Dates: 1897-1899
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Sir Ernest Clarke: Letter and printed circular to Charles Sayle, 1922

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/271-272
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.

Dates: 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Sir Ernest Clarke: Letter to John Willis Clark, 1898

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/270
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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