Duncan Clark (1759-1808)
Dr. Duncan Clarke, First head of Royal Naval Hospital Halifax, Plaque to commemorate Officers-in-Charge, Health Centre, CFB Halifax, Nova Scotia

Duncan Clark (1759-1808) was a Loyalist who became an influential figure in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[1] Dr. Duncan Clarke, first and one of the longest serving head of Royal Naval Hospital Halifax (1795-1803). He served in the 82nd Regiment of Foot and arrived in Halifax in 1778.[2] He was a member of the North British Society, eventually becoming president. He was a frequent patron of the Great Pontack (Halifax).[3] Clark also was the head of a Masonic Lodge for Saint John, New Brunswick and later in Nova Scotia.[4][5] He was also a friend of John Halliburton (surgeon) of the doctor for Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn.

References

  1. ^ Canadian Biography
  2. ^ Surgeons, Smallpox and the Poor: A History of Medicine and Social Conditions ... By Allan E. Marble, p. 311
  3. ^ Annals. North British Society. p. 43
  4. ^ The Nova-Scotia calender, or, an almanack, for the year of the Christian æra, 1797 [microform] : And from the creation of the world ... And in the thirty seventh year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third ... Wherein is contained the eclipses of the luminaries ... Feasts and fasts of the Church, sittings of the several courts and sessions in this province, &c. &c. 1797. ISBN 9780665391897.
  5. ^ History of St. John's lodge, F. & A.M. Of Saint John, New Brunswick [microform] : Together with sketches of all masonic bodies in New Brunswick, from A.D. 1784 to A.D. 1894. 1895. ISBN 9780665003295.


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