Besides the works mentioned, Dr. Clarke also pub- lished Diicoune on the Eucharist (Lond. 1808, 8vo); Hemoirs of the Wesley Family (Lond. 8vo, N. Y. 12mo, several editions). He also edited, with numerous ad- ditions, Baxter's Christian Directory i Fleury's Man- ners of the Israelites , Shuckford's Sacred and Profane History ; Sturm's Reflections on the Being and Attributes of God; and Harmer's Observations on various Passages of Scripture (1808, 4 vols. 8vo). His contributions to periodicals, and hb minor writings, pamphlets, etc. are too numerous to be mentioned. His Miscellaneous Works have been collected since his death (Lond. 18 vols. 8vo). See Clarke, J. B. B., Life of A, Clarke (Lond. 8 vols. 8vo) ; Southey, Quarterly JUv, li, 117; Etheridge, Life of A, Clarke (Lond. 1868, N. Y. 1869, 12mo) ; Evere^ Adam Clarke portrayed (Lond. 1843 ; 2d ed. 1866, 2 vlls.) ; Stevens, History of Methodism, ii, 291, et al. A monument to Uie memory of Dr. Clarke was erected at Port Bush, Ireland, in 1869, by contri- butions from both the Old and the New World.
Clarke, Edward Daniel, LL.D., an English divine, of note as a writer of travels, was bom at Wil- lingdon, Sussex, in 1769, and was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. From 1790 to 1799 he acted as tutor and travelling companion in several families, travelling in France, Italy, Switzerland, and Ger- many. ** In 1799 he set out on an extensive tour with Mr. Cripps, a young man of fortune ; they trav- ersed Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Lapland, Finland, Russia, the country of the Don Cossacks, Tartary, Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, Greece, and did not return to England t'dl 1802." He was ordained in 1806, and re- ceived the college living of Harlton; in 1809 he was inresented to t^ living of Yeldham by his father-in- law. His Travels appeared between 1810 and 1819 (6 vols.). A sixth volume, edited by Bobert Walpole, was brought out after his death, 4to (also in 11 vols. 8vo, 1816). In 1803 he published Testimonies ofSffer- ent Authors respecting the colossal Statue ofCeres, and "> 1805 A Dissertation on the Sarcophagus in the British
Museum, He died at London, March 9th, 1822 (O^ lish Cyclopofdia, s. v.). See Otter, Life and Pfmaimt of Edward Daniel Clarke (Lond. 1826, 2 yrtAs. Sro).
Clarke, John, a distinguished Baptist minister, was bom in En^and, Oct. 8, 1609. He practised nwd- icine in London fbr saaie time, and came to Boston as a physician (date unknows). Dissatisfied with the management of the colony of Massaebusetts, be left it, and with others purchased Aquetneck of the In^a&a, and called it Rhode Island. The deed dates March 2i, 1688. In 1689 he, with eight others, founded New- port, R. I. It is not known when be became a Bap- tist or a preacher, but in 1644 he became first paetsr of the Baptist church in Newport. In 1661 he visited a friend (WiUiam Witter) at Lynn, Ma^ ; held a re- ligious meeting there ; was arrested and fined by Judge Endlcott twenty pounds, under penalty of public wldp- ping in case the. fine was not paid. Some of Mr. Clarke's friends paid his fine, but one of his compan- ions (Mr. Holmes) was severely whipped. In 1651 he went to England to promote the Interests of religioea fireedom in R. Island, and to have Mr. Coddington's commission as governor revoked. He acoomplislied this object While in England he published III Xext from New Englcmd, or a Narrative qf New EngXan^s Persecution; wherein it is declared^ that u^kile (Hi Emg- land is becoming New, New Et^fland is becoming CHd; dbOj Four Proposals to Parliament and FourConcbuions, temek- ingthe Faith and Order qfthe Goq)el of Christ out of Ms last Will and Testcunent, 4to, p. 76. In 1664 he r^oin- ed to Newport, where he remained as pastor and pfar- sidan until his death, April 20, 1676.— Bacchus, Ckurdt History <ifNew England, voL iii; Benedict, Hiatory 4f the Baptists^ voL i ; Allen, Am, Biog, Dictionary, s. v.; Sprague, Annals, vi, 2L
Clarke, John, dean of Sarum (brother of Dr. Sam- uel Clarke), was bom at Norwich, and bred a weaver, but was afterwards educated at Cambridge, whei^ be received the degree of D.D. He obtained a prebend at Norwich, was appointed chaplain to the king, and, finally, dean of Salisbury. He died in 1759. His principal writings are. An Inquiry into the Cause end Origin qf Evil (Boyle Lecture, Lond. 1720-21, 2 vok. 8vo); a Demonstration of Newton's PhUosopky (Land. 1780, 8vo). His translation of Grotius de Veritate u still reprhited. He furnished the notes to Wharton's Religion of Nature,'-ao6k, Ecdes, Biography, iv, 90.
Clarke, Samnel, a Nonconformist, was born in Warwickshire, 1699; educated at Emmanuel Collie, Cambridge, and after preaching as an evangelist at Shotwick, and Coventiy, and at Warwick (where he was chaplain to the earl), he became minister of Bennet Fink, London. He was ejected in 1662, and lived in studious retirement until his death in 1682. His chief works are Marrow of Eccknastical History (Lond. 1676, 2 vols, fol.) ; A General Martyrology (Lond. 1677, 3d ed. foL) ; Mirror for Saints and Sinners (Lond. 1671, 2 vols, fol.) ; Medulla Theologim (1669, foL).— Hook, fc- cUs, Biogrcqpihy^ iv, 79 ; Calamy, Nonconformists* Me- morial, i, 88.
Clarke, Samnel, D.D., a celebrated Engtish di- vine and metaphysician, was bom at Norwidi, Octo- ber 11, 1676. He received his first education in the free-school of Norwich, but was entered at 1691 in Caias College, Cambridge. (The following* account, so fiff as the facts of Clarke's lifo are concerned, is modified firom the En^ish Cyclopcedia,irhl<^ is baaed on the Biograpkia Britamuca.) At twenty-one, after ckae- ly studying and justly appreciating the reasonings of Newton's '' Principia," which had then just appeared, he published a new version of the text of Eif^aidt's Physics, with numerous critical notes, added with the view of bringing the Cartesian sjrstem into disrepute by exposing its falUcies. After passing through ftor editions as the University text-book, it gave place, ss Clarke desired, to the adoption of undisguised New-