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SKETCH OF DANIEL CLARKE. 



W. J. BEAL, PII. D. 



Dr. Daniel Clarke was born in Danvers, Massachusetts, in 1812; gradu- 

 ated from Harvard University in the departments of arts and sciences 

 and medicine, taking his degree of M. I), in 1835. In 1840, he came 

 to Flint, Michigan, where he resided continuously until his death in 

 1884. 



He was for most of his life an enthusiastic student of natural history, 

 and was especially interested in botany, accumulating an herbarium of 

 over 5,000 plants which finally came into possession of the State 

 Agricultural College. He was one of the founders of the Flint Scientific 

 Institute which won considerable renown in its day. 



He took a very active part in the educational work of his city, where 

 he was a member of the school board continuously for over a quarter 

 of a century. The fine library of the Flint High School was well started 

 through his personal efforts. 



He was physician for the State School for the Deaf from the time of 

 its organization until compelled to resign by reason of advancing age. 



He was an authority on horticultural matters and his advice was 

 frequently sought by fruit-growers in the vicinity of his home. 



He was a modest and unassuming man, thoroughly unselfish, winning 

 the respect and love of his fellow citizens. Alw^ays ready to give 

 enthusiastic support to any enterprise which looked to the moral or 

 educational interests of his city or State. 



