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and Prebendary of Wells Cathedral. He left Taunton in 1880 and spent 

 two years at literary work in England. He came to America and was 

 connected for a short time with Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y. In 

 1882 he was appointed special preacher in St. George's Church, Toronto, 

 and in the following January professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy 

 in the University of Trinity College with which he maintained an un- 

 broken connection till the time of his death, on 12th of November, 1912. 



When the chair in English was established in Trinity College he 

 became the first professor, holding this chair together with that of 

 Philosophy for several years, till he resigned the latter pursuant to the 

 changes brought about by the Federation of Trinity College wàth the 

 University of Toronto. To the onerous duties of these two chairs, he 

 added extra courses of lectures from time to time in history and in several 

 branches of theolog}', a department of study with w'hich he was thor- 

 oughly conversant. In 1908 he retired from active service, with the 

 title of Professor Emeritus, retaining his seat on the Corporation of 

 Trinity College and continuing to attend its meetings regularly as long 

 as his physical strength permitted. 



Among honours and distinctions which were lavishly and fittingly 

 bestowed upon Dr. Clark by institutions of learning, are the degrees of 

 Doctor of Civil Law, conferred b}^ Trinity College, Toronto: Doctor of 

 Divinity, conferred by Queen's University, Kingston: and Doctor of 

 Laws conferred by Hobart College, Geneva; his appointment by the 

 University of Michigan to be Baldwm lecturer in 1887, and Slocum 

 lecturer in 1889; his appointment as Honorary Professor of Hobart 

 College, Geneva, in 1888; his election in 1891 as Fellow of The Royal 

 Society of Canada and in 1900 as President of the Society. The Em- 

 pire Club of Toronto owed much to his strong support, and elected him 

 President of the Club in 1905. He took a prominent part in the Synods 

 of the Church and in other representative gatherings of Churchmen 

 and of Litterateurs, where his scholarly treatment of every subject he 

 touched commanded the attention and respect of all. In 1907 he w^as 

 appointed Honorary Canon of St. Albans Cathedral. Toronto. 



As a preacher and a public lecturer Professor Clark was very highlv 

 esteemed, and his many engagements in these capacities served to make 

 Trinity College favourably known far and near. His sermons were 

 models of forceful argument, logical presentation, and perfect diction, 

 as well as being full of spiritual power. In his class room work and on 

 the public platform he showed not only brilliancy but remarkable 

 versatility, as he did also in his literary productions, which embrace 

 Theology, History and Literature. Of his published works, the best 

 known are "Savonarola." "Pascal," "The Paraclete," "Witnesses of 

 Christ," and "The Anglican Reformation." Important also are his 



