Background
CLARKE, Aidan was born on May 2, 1933 in Watford, England. Son of the late Austin Clarke and of Nora Walker.
CLARKE, Aidan was born on May 2, 1933 in Watford, England. Son of the late Austin Clarke and of Nora Walker.
The High School, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin.
Lecturer in Modem History and Politics, Magee University College, Derry 1959-1965. Lecturer in Modem History, Trinity College, Dublin 1965-1978, Association Professor 1978-1986, Erasmus Smith’s Professor since 1986, Senior Tutor 1971-1973, Registrar 1974-1976, Bursar 1980-1981, Vice-Provost 1981-1987, since 1989, Fellow since 1970. Chairman Irish Historical Society 1978-1980.
President 1988-1989, Secretary Committee of Polite Literature and Antiquities 1989-1990, President since 1990.
Royal Irish Academy since 1982, Senior.
Married Mary Hughes in 1962.