Edward Daniel Clarke

Edward Daniel Clarke ( born June 5, 1769 in Willingdon, Sussex, † March 9, 1822 in London ) was an English mineralogist and naturalist. His botanical author abbreviation is " EDClarke ".

When traveling through England (1791 ), Italy ( 1792 and 1794), Scandinavia, Finland, Russia, Siberia, Asia Minor and Greece ( 1799-1802 ) he collected minerals, manuscripts, coins and sculptures.

Clarke in 1808 professor of mineralogy at the University of Cambridge. In 1819 he was among the founders of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

Works

  • Testimony of Authors respecting the Colossal Statue of Ceres in the Public Library, Cambridge (8 volumes, 1801-1803 )
  • The Tomb of Alexander, a Dissertation on the Sarcophagus Brought from Alexandria, and now in the British Museum ( 4 volumes, 1805)
  • A Methodical Distribution of the Mineral Kingdom ( fol., Lewes, 1807)
  • A Description of the Greek Marbles Brought from the Shores of the Euxine, Archipelago and Mediterranean, and Deposited in the University Library, Cambridge (8 volumes, 1809)
  • Travels in various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa ( 4 volumes, 1810-1819, 2nd edition, 1811-1823 ).
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