Background
Clark, Peter was born on May 24, 1944 in Maidstone, Kent, England. Son of Frederick Leonard and Kathleen Joyce Clark.
Clark, Peter was born on May 24, 1944 in Maidstone, Kent, England. Son of Frederick Leonard and Kathleen Joyce Clark.
Clark was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and graduated (Modern History first class) in 1966.
Research fellow Magdalen College, Oxford, 1968—1972. Visiting fellow Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1973. Lecturer to professor University Leicester, England, 1975—2000, director, center urban history England, 1985—1999.
Harrison distringuished visiting professor William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1987—1988. Fellow Institute Advanced Study, The Hague, Netherlands, 1999—2000. Professor European urban history University Helsinki, Finland, since 2000.
Clark is a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Married Marja Holmila, September 12, 2003.