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He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on April 13, 1755, to John Clarke and Sarah Clarke.
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library W020680 Boston : Printed and sold by Samuel Hall, no. 53, Cornhill, 1796. iv, 1, 6-148 p. ; 12°
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library W029137 Half-title: Mr. Clarke's sermon, at the interment of the Rev. Dr. Cooper. Page 35 misnumbered 53 in some copies. Boston : Printed by John Gill, M,DCC,LXXXIV. 1784. 35, 1 p. ; 8°
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He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on April 13, 1755, to John Clarke and Sarah Clarke.
Harvard University.
He was educated at the Boston Public Latin School (class of 1761) and Harvard University (class of 1774. Master of Arts 1777). He joined the ministry of Boston"s First Church in January 1778, and remained there until his death at age 42. He was associated with the Boston Library Society.
The Humane Society of Massachusetts.
And the Massachusetts Historical Society. Clarke married Esther Orne.
They had four children. He died in Boston on April 2, 1798.
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences]
He was a charter member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1780.