John Desmond Clark

Background

Clark, John Desmond was born on April 10, 1916 in London, England. Son of Thomas John Chown and Catherine (Wynne) Clark. came to the United States, 1961, naturalized 1993.

Education

Bachelor with honors, Cambridge University, 1937. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, 1950.

Doctor of Science, Cambridge University, 1974. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1985. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Cape Town, 1985.

Career

Director Rhodes-Livingstone Museum, Livingstone, North. Rhodesia 1938-1961. Professor, of Anthropology, University of California (Berkeley) 1961-1986, Professor Emeritus since 1986, Faculty Research lecturer 1979. Military Service in East. Africa, Abyssinia, the Somalilands and Madagascar 1941-1946.

Founder.

Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1979. Fellow", American Academy, of Arts and Sciences 1965, Huxley. Lecturer, British Academy 1981.

Foreign Association North.A.S. 1986.

Gold Plate.

Achievements

• John Desmond Clark has been listed as a noteworthy anthropology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • The Stone Age Cultures of Northern Rhodesia 1950, The Prehis toric Cultures of the Horn of Africa 1954, The Prehistory of Southern Africa 1959, Prehistoric Cultures of Northeast Angola and their Significance in Tropical Africa 1963, Atlas of African Prehistory 1967, Kalambo Falls Prehistoric Site Vol. I 1969, Vol. II 1974, The Prehistory of Africa 1970, Editor of and eontrib. to Vol. I Cambridge History of Africa 1982, Editor with G. R. Sharma of Palaeoenvironment and Prehistory in the Middle Sor Valley, Madhya Pradesh, North Central India 1983, Editor with S. A. Brandt and eontrib. to From Hunters to Farmers: The Causes and Consequences of Food-Production in Africa 1984.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, British Academy (Grahame Clark medal for prehistory 1997), Royal Society South Africa, Society Antiquaries London (Gold medal 1985). Member National Academy of Sciences, American Anthropol. Association (distinguished lecturer 1992, emeritus professor of year 1996, liberal studies.B. Leakey Foundation prize, 1996), Pan-African Congress Prehistory, Geography Society Lisbon, Instituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria, Body Corporate Livingstone Museum, Deuschen Archaologischen Instituts (correspondent member).

Interests

• Walking, photography, wood cutting.

Connections

Married Betty Cable Baume, April 30, 1938. Children: Elizabeth Ann (Mistress David Miall Winterbottom), John Wynne Desmond.

Father:

Thomas John Chown Clark

Mother:

Catherine (Wynne) Clark

Spouse:

Betty Cable Baume

child:

Elizabeth Ann Clark (Mistress David Miall Winterbottom)

child:

John Wynne Desmond Clark