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reigners, we may in the same manner refer our readers to the 
various honorary societies in which his name stands enrolled; 
and we may safely say, that to no one person has the University 
of Cambridge been more indebted for celebrity abroad during the 
last twenty years, than to her late librarian, Dr. Clarke. He has 
fallen a victim indeed to his generous ardour in the pursuit of 
science—he looked only to the fame of the University; and in 
his honest endeavours to exalt her reputation, he unhappily neg- 
lected his own invaluable health. 
Perhaps no person ever possessed in a more eminent degree 
than Dr. Clarke, the delightful faculty of winning the hearts and 
riveting the affections of those into whose society he entered. 
From the first moment his conversation excited an interest that 
never abated. Those who knew him once, felt that they must 
love him always. The kindness of his mamer, the anxiety he 
expressed for the welfare of others, his eagerness to make them 
feel happy and pleased with themselves, when united to the charms 
of his language, were irresistible. Such was Dr. Clarke in his 
private life—within the circle of his more immediate friends. In 
the midst of his family, there he might be seen as the indulgent 
parent, the affectionate husband, the warm, zealous, and sincere 
friend. Of his public life the present limits will only admit of 
an outline, 
_ This much respected individual, whose health had long been 
in a declining state, died at the house of his father-in-law, Sir 
William Beaumaris Rush, Bart. in Pall Mall, on the 9th of March. 
In addition to his University offices, he was rector of Harlton in 
Cambridgeshire, and of Great Yeldham in Essex. The remains 
of Dr. Clarke were interred in Jesus College, Cambridge, on the 
18th of March, preceded by the Master (the Vice Chancellor) 
and the Dean, and followed by his private friends, the fellows 
of the College, and many members of the Senate. 
The works of Dr. Clarke were, 
1. Testimony of different Authors respecting the Colossal Sta- 
tue of Ceres, placed in the Vestibule of the Public Library at 
Cambridge, with an account of its removal from Eleusis. 1803. 
2. The Tomb of Alexander, a dissertation on the Sarcophagus 
brought from Alexandria, and now in the British Museum. 1805. 
3. A Methodical Distribution of the Mineral Kingdom. 1807. 
4, A Letter to the Gentlemen of the British Museum. 1807. 
5. Description of the Greek Marbles brought from the Shores 
of the Euxine, Archipelago and Mediterranean, and deposited in 
the Vestibule of the University Library, Cambridge. 1309. 
6. Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, 1510—1814. 
7. A Letter to Herbert Marsh, D.D. in reply to Observations 
in his pamphlet on the British and Foreign Bible Society. 1511. 
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