John Clark (died 1807) was a Scottish land agent, Gaelic scholar and writer.

Life

Clark was a Highlander, who was drawn into the controversy over the Ossian poems written by James Macpherson, by a chance meeting.[1] He worked for two decades in Wales, in particular on developing the road system, and was the steward of Viscount Hereford.[2] He died at Pembroke in 1807. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.[3]

Works

Clark published:[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Thomas M. Curley (16 April 2009). Samuel Johnson, the Ossian Fraud, and the Celtic Revival in Great Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-521-40747-2.
  2. ^ a b Ritchie, Lionel Alexander. "Clark, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5467. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ a b Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Clark, John (d.1807)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  4. ^ The Old Roads of South Herefordshire. Fineleaf Editions. 2007. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-9534437-4-1.
  5. ^ Richard Suggett (2005). Houses and History in the March of Wales: Radnorshire 1400-1800. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-871184-23-5.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Clark, John (d.1807)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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