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John Willis Clark (1833-1910) sometimes J. W. Clark, was an English academic and antiquarian. Clark was born into a Cambridge University academic family, and was a nephew of Professor Robert Willis. He spent his life at the university, serving as Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Superintendent of the Museum of Zoology, and Registrary of the University. He was also Secretary of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. His works include: Architectural History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge (with Robert Willis) (1886), Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods (1894), Barnwell Priory (1897) and The Care of Books (1901).
This 1913 memoir of John Willis Clark (1833-1910) remembers a respected and influential Cambridge figure of the nineteenth century.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Old Friends at Cambridge and Elsewhere" by John Willis Clark. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods is a short essay by John Willis Clark. John Willis Clark (1833 - 1910), sometimes J. W. Clark, was an English academic and antiquarian. Clark was born into a Cambridge University academic family, and was a nephew of Prof. Robert Willis. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he spent his life at the university, serving as Fellow of Trinity, Superintendent of the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology from 1866-1892, and Registrary of the University. He was also Secretary of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. He is buried in the Mill Road cemetery, Cambridge. His son was Sir William Henry Clark.
John Willis Clark (1833 - 1910), sometimes J. W. Clark, was an English academic and antiquarian. Clark was born into a Cambridge University academic family, and was a nephew of Prof. Robert Willis. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he spent his life at the university, serving as Fellow of Trinity, Superintendent of the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology from 1866-1892, and Registrary of the University. He was also Secretary of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. He received the honorary degree Doctor of Letters (D. Litt.) from the University of Oxford in October 1902, in connection with the tercentenary of the Bodleian Library.
"On the Vatican Library of Sixtus IV" from John Willis Clark. English university administrator and antiquary (1833-1910).
Over the past four centuries botanists and gardeners in the British Isles have gathered, maintained and propagated many varying species of plants. Their work has been documented in innumerable books and articles which are often difficult to trace. The Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists represents a time-saving reference source for those who wish to discover more about the lives and achievements of the horticulturalists listed. The dictionary's utility comes not only from indicating the major publications of the named authors, but also the location of their herbaria and manuscripts.; The previous 1977 edition of the Dictionary has for many years been a much used s...
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