Background
Clark was born in London, England.
Clark was born in London, England.
He emigrated to the United States and attended Harvard University. In 1917, he graduated with an Bachelor of Arts The start of World War I interrupted his studies. Clark returned to Harvard after the war and obtained his Master of Arts (1921) and Doctor of Philosophy (1923).
He was a professor who authored over 100 scientific publications. After his death, a mineral was named in his honour. He enlisted in the United States. Army Medical Corps (1917-1919) and served in France.
In 1924, Clark moved to Montreal to take an assistant professor position in the Geology Department at McGill University.
He began by teaching geology, paleontology and stratigraphy. In 1926, Clark began a major project to map the geology of the Quebec Appalachian Mountains along the United States. border in the Eastern Townships.
He published a series of papers on the geology and paleontology of the Townships. These papers established him as a leading geologist in Canada.
They had a daughter, Joan.
Clark served as Director of McGill"s Redpath Museum from 1932 to 1952. He was largely responsible for personally collecting many of the museum"s fossils. After ten years, Clark shifted his focus away from the Eastern Townships.
He discovered that early maps of Laval were incorrect, so he proposed the production of a completely new map of the Montreal area.
He began that project as well as a project to map the Saint Lawrence lowlands in 1938. By the late 1960s, Montreal"s development and various projects along the Saint Lawrence seaway necessitated a revision of Clark"s previous geological studies of the area.
He was charged with undertaking the field work. This time the work involved capturing information from the many oil and gas and engineering projects, as well as acquiring core samples from excavations for future research.
Over the years, Clark authored more than 100 scientific publications.
He co-authored with Colin West. Stearn The Geological Evolution of North America (1960), which was a standard text in university-level geology. Clark retired at the age of 100, after 69 years at McGill, in May 1993. He died in Montreal three years later.
1930-1932, Curator of Redpath Museum 1932-1952, Director of Redpath Museum 1953-1954, President of the Geological Science Section of the Royal Society of Canada 1958-1959, President of the Geological Association of Canada 1963 Professor Emeritus at McGill University 1964-1992, Advisor in Geology at the Redpath Museum 1930, awarded the Harvard Centennial Meda