Background
Clark, William Arthur was born on May 23, 1853 in Manchester, Ohio, United States. Son of Samuel Elison and Sarah Ann (Kirker) Clark.
Clark, William Arthur was born on May 23, 1853 in Manchester, Ohio, United States. Son of Samuel Elison and Sarah Ann (Kirker) Clark.
National Normal University, Lebanon, O., 1871-1872, 1883-1885, Bachelor of Arts, 1885. Harvard, 1893-1894, 1898-1899, Master of Arts, 1899. University of Chicago, 1899-1900, Doctor of Philosophy, 1900.
(honorary Ped.D., National Normal University, 1894.
Doctor of Laws, Hastings College, Nebraska, 1912).
Teacher and superintendent public schools, Ohio, 1872-1881. Superintendent Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home schools, Xenia, O., 1881-1883. Professor mathematics, National Normal University, 1883-1893.
Professor philosophy and dean of faculty, Western Normal College, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1894-1895.
Teacher pedagogy, 1895-1898, president, 1900-1904, Nebraska State Normal School, at Peru, Nebraska. Teacher psychology and pedagogy and dean of faculty, Nebraska State Normal School, Kearney, Nebraska, 1905-1912.
Head professor of education and psychology, Missouri State Normal School, September since 1912.
Married Irene Holbrook, July 28, 1886.