James Clark was a Scottish automobile racer who became the world driving champion in 1963, when he won a record 7 of 10 title events, and in 1965, when he won 6 of 10 as well as the Indianapolis 500-mile race. Both years he drove rear-engined Lotus-Fords. Clark, who began racing in 1956, made his

Champ Clark was the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1911–19) who narrowly lost the presidential nomination to Woodrow Wilson at the 1912 Democratic Convention on the 46th ballot. Clark moved to Missouri in 1876 and settled at Bowling Green. He was successively a country newspaper

Marc Andreessen: Soon he was contacted by James Clark, the founder and former president of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Clark was searching for an exciting new venture, and he found it with Andreessen. In April 1994 the duo founded Mosaic Communications Corporation (later rechristened Netscape Communications). Andreessen recruited the original masterminds behind Mosaic…

James Clark was a Scottish automobile racer who became the world driving champion in 1963, when he won a record 7 of 10 title events, and in 1965, when he won 6 of 10 as well as the Indianapolis 500-mile race. Both years he drove rear-engined Lotus-Fords. Clark, who began racing in 1956, made his

Selma March: Voter registration in Selma: …the county’s militant segregationist sheriff, Jim Clark (who wore a button that read “Never!”)—resisted with increasing violence (including the use of electric cattle prods against demonstrators). When the Dallas County Voters League, the principal local civil rights organization, requested help from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and its leader,…

Joe Clark is a Canadian politician who served as prime minister of Canada from June 1979 to March 1980, the youngest person ever to win the post. Clark obtained a B.A. in history (1960) and an M.A. in political science (1973) from the University of Alberta and taught political science there from

John Bates Clark was an American economist noted for his theory of marginal productivity, in which he sought to account for the distribution of income from the national output among the owners of the factors of production (labour and capital, including land). Clark was educated at Brown University

John Maurice Clark was an American economist whose work on trusts brought him world renown and whose ideas anticipated those of John Maynard Keynes. Clark graduated from Amherst College in 1905 and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1910. He subsequently held posts at several

John Pepper Clark was the most lyrical of the Nigerian poets, whose poetry celebrates the physical landscape of Africa. He was also a journalist, playwright, and scholar-critic who conducted research into traditional Ijo myths and legends and wrote essays on African poetry. While at the University

Clark University: …Clark University was established by Jonas Gilman Clark, a Worcester native and successful merchant, and G. Stanley Hall, a psychologist and first president of the university. Initially a graduate institution, it began undergraduate instruction in 1902. Robert H. Goddard, one of the fathers of rocket science, received his doctorate from…

Sir Charles Tilston Bright: With Joseph Latimer Clark, he invented an asphalt-composition insulation for submarine cables. A paper on electrical standards read by them in 1861 before the British Association for the Advancement of Science led to the establishment of a committee whose work founded the system still in use.…

Philadelphia: Government: …under the new charter were Joseph S. Clark and Richardson Dilworth, men devoted to making it work. From wealthy Republican families, both were lawyers who revolted against the corruption and inefficiency of city government and became Democrats. Men of the highest qualifications were selected for key positions, planning was made…

Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark was a British art historian who was a leading authority on Italian Renaissance art. Clark was born to an affluent family. He was educated at Winchester and Trinity colleges, Oxford, but his education really began when he spent two years in Florence studying

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve: Lake Clark is more than 40 miles (65 km) long and is the largest of more than a score of glacial lakes on the rim of the Chigmit Mountains, a range located where the Alaska and Aleutian ranges meet. The lake is the headwaters for…

Larry Clark is an American photographer and film director who was best known for his provocative works about teenagers, with drugs and sex often as central elements. Clark’s roots in Tulsa provided the foundation for the images that eventually made him famous. Employed at first in the family

Marguerite Clark was an American actress whose tiny figure and air of sweet youthful innocence made her enormously popular and a major rival of Mary Pickford. Clark was under the guardianship of an elder sister from the age of 13. With her sister’s encouragement she sought a career on the stage.

Mark Clark was a U.S. Army officer during World War II, who commanded Allied forces (1943–44) during the successful Italian campaign against the Axis powers. A graduate (1917) of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., Clark served overseas in World War I. Early in 1942 he became chief of

Mark Clark was a U.S. Army officer during World War II, who commanded Allied forces (1943–44) during the successful Italian campaign against the Axis powers. A graduate (1917) of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., Clark served overseas in World War I. Early in 1942 he became chief of

Mary Higgins Clark was an American mystery and suspense writer who for more than four decades was a fixture on best-seller lists. Higgins began writing poetry at the age of six. She kept diaries throughout her life and credited her entries as the inspiration for some of her story ideas. Challenges

Kentucky Derby: History: …history of Louisville racing was Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr., the grandson of legendary explorer William Clark. In 1872 Clark traveled to Europe, where he met the foremost figures in horse racing there and developed the idea of establishing a jockey club in Louisville to sponsor races and highlight the city’s…

British Invasion: …Mann (“Do Wah Diddy Diddy”), Petula Clark (“Downtown”), Freddie and the Dreamers (“I’m Telling You Now”), Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders (“Game of Love”), Herman’s Hermits (“Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter”), the Rolling Stones (“[I Can’t Get No] Satisfaction” and others), the

Ramsey Clark was a human rights lawyer and former U.S. attorney general under President Lyndon B. Johnson. Clark—the son of Tom C. Clark, who served as attorney general under President Harry Truman and later as an associate Supreme Court Justice—followed his father into law and graduated from the

Dick Clark was an American television personality and businessman, best known for hosting American Bandstand. Clark was a disc jockey at the student-run radio station at Syracuse University (1951), and he worked at radio and television stations in Syracuse and Utica, New York, before moving in 1952

Robert Indiana was an American artist who was a central figure in the Pop art movement beginning in the 1960s. The artist spent his childhood in and around Indianapolis. After military service, he attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on the G.I. Bill and graduated in 1953 with a

Steve Wozniak is an American electronics engineer, cofounder, with Steve Jobs, of Apple Computer, and designer of the first commercially successful personal computer. Wozniak—or “Woz,” as he was commonly known—was the son of an electrical engineer for the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in

Septima Poinsette Clark was an American educator and civil rights activist. Her own experience of racial discrimination fueled her pursuit of racial equality and her commitment to strengthen the African American community through literacy and citizenship. Septima Poinsette was the second of eight

Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark was a British art historian who was a leading authority on Italian Renaissance art. Clark was born to an affluent family. He was educated at Winchester and Trinity colleges, Oxford, but his education really began when he spent two years in Florence studying

Cartesianism: Contemporary influences: … (1903–97) and the British primatologist Wilfred E. Le Gros Clark (1895–1971) developed theories of the mind as a nonmaterial entity. Similarly, Eccles and the Austrian-born British philosopher Karl Popper (1902–94) advocated a species of mind-matter dualism, though their tripartite division of reality into matter, mind, and ideas is perhaps more…

Tom C. Clark was a U.S. attorney general (1945–49) and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1949–67). Clark studied law after serving in the U.S. Army during World War I and graduated from the University of Texas law school in 1922 to enter private practice in Dallas. He served as

Tom C. Clark was a U.S. attorney general (1945–49) and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1949–67). Clark studied law after serving in the U.S. Army during World War I and graduated from the University of Texas law school in 1922 to enter private practice in Dallas. He served as

Walter van Tilburg Clark was an American novelist and short-story writer whose works, set in the American West, used the familiar regional materials of the cowboy and frontier to explore philosophical issues. Clark grew up in Reno, which forms the background for his novel The City of Trembling

William Clark was an American frontiersman who won fame as an explorer by sharing with Meriwether Lewis the leadership of their epic expedition to the Pacific Northwest (1804–06). He later played an essential role in the development of the Missouri Territory and was superintendent of Indian affairs

Marcus Daly: …a long battle with Senator William Clark, another mining entrepreneur, for control of the state. The town of Anaconda was built largely through Daly’s efforts, and he had many investments throughout the region, including a large horse-breeding ranch. At the time of his death he controlled property in Montana worth…

Ramsey Clark was a human rights lawyer and former U.S. attorney general under President Lyndon B. Johnson. Clark—the son of Tom C. Clark, who served as attorney general under President Harry Truman and later as an associate Supreme Court Justice—followed his father into law and graduated from the

William Smith Clark was an American educator and agricultural expert who helped organize Sapporo Agricultural School, later Hokkaido University, in Japan. He also stimulated the development of a Christian movement in Japan. The holder of professorships in chemistry, botany, and zoology at Amherst

John Pepper Clark was the most lyrical of the Nigerian poets, whose poetry celebrates the physical landscape of Africa. He was also a journalist, playwright, and scholar-critic who conducted research into traditional Ijo myths and legends and wrote essays on African poetry. While at the University

undersea exploration: Collection of biological samples: The Clark-Bumpus sampler is a quantitative type designed to take an uncontaminated sample from any desired depth while simultaneously estimating the filtered volume of seawater. It is equipped with a flow meter that monitors the volume of seawater that passes through the net. A shutter opens…

Harriet Burbank Rogers: …was selected to direct the Clarke School for the Deaf (originally Clarke Institution for Deaf Mutes) in Northampton, Massachusetts, a position she held until she resigned in 1884. She remained firmly committed to oral teaching and lipreading despite the criticism of the manualists who promoted the exclusive use of manual…

Harriet Burbank Rogers: …was selected to direct the Clarke School for the Deaf (originally Clarke Institution for Deaf Mutes) in Northampton, Massachusetts, a position she held until she resigned in 1884. She remained firmly committed to oral teaching and lipreading despite the criticism of the manualists who promoted the exclusive use of manual…

map: Development of reference spheroids: The dimensions of Clarke’s Spheroid (introduced by the British geodesist Alexander Ross Clarke) of 1866 have been much used in polyconic and other tables. A later determination by Clarke in 1880 reflected the several geodetic surveys that had been conducted during the interim. An International Ellipsoid of Reference…

Alexander Ross Clarke was an English geodesist whose calculations of the size and shape of the Earth were the first to approximate accepted modern values with respect to both polar flattening and equatorial radius. The figures from his second determination (1866) became a standard reference for

the Hollies: The principal members were Allan Clarke (b. April 5, 1942, Salford, Lancashire, England), Graham Nash (b. February 2, 1942, Blackpool, Lancashire), Tony Hicks (b. December 16, 1943, Nelson, Lancashire), Eric Haydock (b. February 3, 1943, Burnley, Lancashire—d. January 5, 2019), Bernie Calvert (b. September 16, 1943, Burnley), and Terry…

Arthur C. Clarke was an English writer, notable for both his science fiction and his nonfiction. His best known works are the script he wrote with American film director Stanley Kubrick for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and the novel of that film. Clarke was interested in science from childhood, but

Irish literature: Ireland and Northern Ireland: …long shadow of Yeats, was Austin Clarke. Like Kavanagh’s, Clarke’s life as a writer was materially difficult. The high point of his poetry came late, with the long poem Mnemosyne Lay in Dust (1966), about the mental health crisis Clarke had suffered almost 50 years previously. The masterpiece of exiled…

Philadelphia Flyers: …three-time league Most Valuable Player Bobby Clarke, winger Bill Barber, and Dave (“the Hammer”) Schultz—a rough-and-tumble winger who became the most notable enforcer on the team—Philadelphia won two Stanley Cups during this period (1974 and 1975), and the team’s bruising style of play ushered in a new era in the…

Carmen McRae was an American jazz vocalist and pianist who from an early emulation of vocalist Billie Holiday grew to become a distinctive stylist, known for her smoky voice and her melodic variations on jazz standards. Her scat improvisations were innovative, complex, and elegant. McRae studied

Charles Cowden Clarke was an English editor and critic best known for his work on William Shakespeare. A friend of Charles Macready, Charles Dickens, and Felix Mendelssohn, Clarke became a partner in music publishing with Alfred Novello, whose sister, Mary, he married in 1828. Six years later

Edmund M. Clarke was an American computer scientist and co-winner of the 2007 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science. Clarke earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1967 from the University of Virginia, a master’s degree in mathematics in 1968 from Duke University, and a

Edmund M. Clarke was an American computer scientist and co-winner of the 2007 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science. Clarke earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1967 from the University of Virginia, a master’s degree in mathematics in 1968 from Duke University, and a

John Locke: Other works of John Locke: …from Holland to his friend Edward Clarke concerning the education of Clarke’s son, who was destined to be a gentleman but not necessarily a scholar. It emphasizes the importance of both physical and mental development—both exercise and study. The first requirement is to instill virtue, wisdom, and good manners. This…

Edward Daniel Clarke was an English mineralogist and traveler who amassed valuable collections of minerals, manuscripts, and Greek coins and sculpture. Clarke journeyed through England (1791), Italy (1792 and 1794), Scandinavia, Finland, Russia, Siberia, Asia Minor, and Greece (1799–1802). In all

Eleanor Clarke Slagle was a U.S. social-welfare worker and early advocate of occupational therapy for the mentally ill. While a social worker, Slagle became interested in the new field of occupational therapy, and in 1917 she conducted occupational therapy training courses at Hull House in Chicago.

Emilia Clarke is an English actress who is best known for playing Daenerys Targaryen on the hugely popular TV series Game of Thrones (2011–19). Her other notable roles include Sarah Connor in the action movie Terminator Genisys (2015). Clarke is one of two children born to Jennifer Clarke, a

Emilia Clarke is an English actress who is best known for playing Daenerys Targaryen on the hugely popular TV series Game of Thrones (2011–19). Her other notable roles include Sarah Connor in the action movie Terminator Genisys (2015). Clarke is one of two children born to Jennifer Clarke, a

chemical element: Geochemical distribution of the elements: Clarke as chief chemist in 1884.

Canadian literature: Fiction: The poetry and fiction of George Elliott Clarke uncover the forgotten history of Canadian blacks, and Dionne Brand’s At the Full and Change of the Moon (1999) and Makeda Silvera’s The Heart Does Not Bend (2002) construct generational sagas of the African and Caribbean slave diaspora and immigrant life in…

Helen Archibald Clarke and Charlotte Endymion Porter: Clarke was born into a deeply musical family, and music early became an abiding love. Her father, Hugh A. Clarke, was professor of music at the University of Pennsylvania from 1875, and she attended that institution as a special student for two years, before women…

Helen Archibald Clarke and Charlotte Endymion Porter were American writers, editors, and literary critics whose joint and individual publications, focused largely on William Shakespeare and the poet Robert Browning, both reflected and shaped the tastes of the popular literary societies of the late

James Freeman Clarke was a Unitarian minister, theologian, and author whose influence helped elect Grover Cleveland president of the United States in 1884. After graduating from Harvard College in 1829 and Harvard Divinity School in 1833 and serving his first pastorate in Louisville, Kentucky, from

Jeremiah Clarke was an English organist and composer, mainly of religious music. His Trumpet Voluntary was once attributed to Henry Purcell. Clarke was master of choristers at St. Paul’s Cathedral in 1704, and in the same year with William Croft he became joint organist of the Chapel Royal. In

Richard Cromwell was the lord protector of England from September 1658 to May 1659. The eldest surviving son of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier, Richard failed in his attempt to carry on his father’s role as leader of the Commonwealth. He served in the Parliamentary army in 1647 and 1648

Rhode Island: Colonial period: Williams and John Clarke (the latter representing island opponents to Coddington) traveled to England and had Coddington’s commission rescinded. Williams returned to the colony, and Clarke remained in England as its agent. After the restoration of the monarchy (1660) in Britain following the Commonwealth period, the charter…

John Hessin Clarke was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1916–22). Clarke was the son of John Clarke, a lawyer, and Melissa Hessin Clarke. He attended Western Reserve College (now Case Western University) in Cleveland, Ohio, where he graduated in 1877. After studying

Harlem Writers Guild: John Henrik Clarke, Rosa Guy, and John Oliver Killens were among the emerging talents who sought an alternative forum in which to develop their craft. Killens took writing classes at both Columbia and New York universities in the late 1940s. At Columbia he studied grammar…

John Hessin Clarke was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1916–22). Clarke was the son of John Clarke, a lawyer, and Melissa Hessin Clarke. He attended Western Reserve College (now Case Western University) in Cleveland, Ohio, where he graduated in 1877. After studying

embalming: Development of modern embalming: …number of vigorous salesmen, including Joseph H. Clarke, a road salesman for a coffin company. Impressed by embalming’s possibilities and profits, he persuaded a staff member of a medical college in Cincinnati to institute a brief course in embalming in 1882, thus establishing the basis of mortuary education in the…

Kenneth Harry Clarke is a British Conservative politician who served as a cabinet official in the governments of Margaret Thatcher, John Major, and David Cameron, including as Major’s chancellor of the Exchequer (1993–97) and as Cameron’s lord chancellor and secretary of state for justice

Kenny Clarke was an American drummer who was a major exponent of the modern jazz movement of the 1940s. Clarke’s music studies in high school embraced vibraphone, piano, trombone, and theory, but it was as a drummer that he began his professional career in 1930. His experience included engagements

Kenny Clarke was an American drummer who was a major exponent of the modern jazz movement of the 1940s. Clarke’s music studies in high school embraced vibraphone, piano, trombone, and theory, but it was as a drummer that he began his professional career in 1930. His experience included engagements

Marcus Clarke was an English-born Australian author known for his novel His Natural Life (1874), an important literary work of colonial Australia. At age 17 Clarke left England for Australia, where his uncle was a county court judge. After working briefly as a bank clerk, he turned to farming on a

Marcus Clarke was an English-born Australian author known for his novel His Natural Life (1874), an important literary work of colonial Australia. At age 17 Clarke left England for Australia, where his uncle was a county court judge. After working briefly as a bank clerk, he turned to farming on a

Martha Clarke is an American choreographer and dancer whose emotionally evocative work draws extensively on theatrical elements. Clarke studied at the exclusive Perry-Mansfield School of Theater and Dance in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. She attended summer sessions at the Connecticut College School

Mary Frances Clarke was an Irish-born religious leader and educator, a founder of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who extended educational opportunities on the American frontier. Clarke was early drawn to the religious life. For some years after the death of her father, she

Charles Cowden Clarke: …Charles Dickens, and Felix Mendelssohn, Clarke became a partner in music publishing with Alfred Novello, whose sister, Mary, he married in 1828. Six years later Clarke began his public lectures on Shakespeare and other dramatists and poets. Those published include Shakespeare Characters; Chiefly Those Subordinate (1863) and Molière Characters (1865).…

the Byrds: December 4, 1942, Los Angeles), Michael Clarke (b. June 3, 1944, New York, New York—d. December. 19, 1993, Treasure Island, Florida), Gram Parsons (original name Ingram Cecil Connor III; b. November 5, 1946, Winter Haven, Florida—d. September 19, 1973, Yucca Valley, California), and Clarence White (b. June 6, 1944, Lewiston,…

Poisson distribution: …in 1946 the British statistician R.D. Clarke published “An Application of the Poisson Distribution,” in which he disclosed his analysis of the distribution of hits of flying bombs (V-1 and V-2 missiles) in London during World War II. Some areas were hit more often than others. The British military wished…

Rebecca Sophia Clarke was an American writer of children’s literature whose spirited writing found great success with its audience through humour, empathy, and a refusal to sermonize. Clarke was educated at home and in the local Female Academy. In 1851 she went to Evansville, Indiana, to teach

stereotaxic surgery: …Victor Horsley and British physiologist Robert Henry Clarke. This device, named the Horsley-Clarke apparatus, facilitated the study of the cerebellum in animals by enabling accurate electrolytic lesioning to be made in the brain. To ensure that a lesion would be introduced in the correct site, Horsley and Clarke created atlases…

Samuel Clarke was a theologian, philosopher, and exponent of Newtonian physics, remembered for his influence on 18th-century English theology and philosophy. In 1698 Clarke became a chaplain to the bishop of Norwich and in 1706 to Queen Anne. In 1704–05 he gave two sets of lectures, published as A

Black Rod: In 2017 Sarah Clarke was named Lady Usher of the Black Rod; she was the first woman to be appointed to the office in its more than 650-year history.

Sir Andrew Clarke was a British engineer, soldier, politician, and civil servant who, as governor of the Straits Settlements, negotiated the treaty that brought British political control to the peninsular Malay States. Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Clarke received his commission

Arthur C. Clarke was an English writer, notable for both his science fiction and his nonfiction. His best known works are the script he wrote with American film director Stanley Kubrick for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and the novel of that film. Clarke was interested in science from childhood, but

conspiracy theory: Disproving conspiracies: Australian philosopher Steve Clarke proposed that conspiratorial thinking is maintained by the fundamental attribution error, which states that people overestimate the importance of dispositions—such as individual motivations or personality traits—while underestimating the importance of situational factors—such as random chance and social norms—in explaining the behaviour of others.…

T.E.B. Clarke was a British screenwriter who wrote the scripts for some of the most popular British comedies of the post-World War II period. Clarke worked as a free-lance journalist and novelist before joining Ealing Studios as a writer in 1943. He scripted several dramatic motion pictures,

T.E.B. Clarke was a British screenwriter who wrote the scripts for some of the most popular British comedies of the post-World War II period. Clarke worked as a free-lance journalist and novelist before joining Ealing Studios as a writer in 1943. He scripted several dramatic motion pictures,

epistemology: Realism: Thompson Clarke (1928–2012) went beyond Moore in arguing that normally the entire physical object, rather than only its surface, is perceived directly.

Easter Rising: was planned by Patrick Pearse, Tom Clarke, and several other leaders of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, which was a revolutionary society within the nationalist organization called the Irish Volunteers; the latter had about 16,000 members and was armed with German weapons smuggled into the country in 1914. These two organizations…

cricket: The early years: …the All-England XI, founded by William Clarke of Nottingham, began touring the country, and from 1852, when some of the leading professionals (including John Wisden, who later compiled the first of the famous Wisden almanacs on cricketing) seceded to form the United All-England XI, these two teams monopolized the best…

evolution: Quantum speciation: Two closely related species, Clarkia biloba and C. lingulata, are both native to California. C. lingulata is known only from two sites in the central Sierra Nevada at the southern periphery of the distribution of C. biloba, from which it evolved starting with translocations and other chromosomal mutations (see…

evolution: Quantum speciation: …in the annual plant genus Clarkia. Two closely related species, Clarkia biloba and C. lingulata, are both native to California. C. lingulata is known only from two sites in the central Sierra Nevada at the southern periphery of the distribution of C. biloba, from which it evolved starting with translocations…

Clarksburg, city, seat of Harrison county, northern West Virginia, U.S. The city lies along the West Fork River. Settled in 1772, it was named for General George Rogers Clark, a noted Virginia frontiersman. Shortly thereafter Thomas Nutter arrived and built a fort near the site where the town of

Clarksdale, city, seat (1892) of Coahoma county, northwestern Mississippi, U.S. It is situated in the Mississippi River valley and lies along the Sunflower River, about 75 miles (120 km) south-southwest of Memphis, Tennessee. It was settled in 1848 by John Clark on a Native American fortification

Adrienne Clarkson is a Canadian statesman, author, and television personality. She was governor-general of Canada from 1999 to 2005. Clarkson fled the British colony of Hong Kong with her family in 1942, after the Japanese had occupied the island. The family settled in Ottawa, where Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson is an American singer, songwriter, and TV personality who emerged as a pop-rock star after winning the popular television talent contest American Idol in 2002. Clarkson grew up in Burleson, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, where her vocal prowess was first recognized by her school’s

Kelly Clarkson is an American singer, songwriter, and TV personality who emerged as a pop-rock star after winning the popular television talent contest American Idol in 2002. Clarkson grew up in Burleson, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, where her vocal prowess was first recognized by her school’s

Phil Spector: …headlines in 2003, when actress Lana Clarkson was fatally shot at his home. He was subsequently charged with murder, and his 2007 trial ended in a mistrial after the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision. At Spector’s retrial, begun in October 2008, the presiding judge ruled that jurors…

Laurence Claxton was a preacher and pamphleteer, leader of the radical English religious sect known as the Ranters. Originally a tailor by trade, Claxton sampled many Protestant denominations before joining the Baptists in 1644. His first tracts, The Pilgrimage of Saints and Truth Released,

Thomas Clarkson was an abolitionist, one of the first effective publicists of the English movement against the slave trade and against slavery in the colonies. Clarkson was ordained a deacon, but from 1785 he devoted his life to abolitionism. His An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human

Clarksville, city, seat (1796) of Montgomery county, northern Tennessee, U.S. It lies near the Kentucky state line, at the confluence of the Cumberland and Red rivers, about 40 miles (65 km) northwest of Nashville. Founded in 1784 by Colonel John Montgomery, a settler from North Carolina, it was

Clarksdale, city, seat (1892) of Coahoma county, northwestern Mississippi, U.S. It is situated in the Mississippi River valley and lies along the Sunflower River, about 75 miles (120 km) south-southwest of Memphis, Tennessee. It was settled in 1848 by John Clark on a Native American fortification