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词条 John Clark (land agent)
释义

  1. Life

  2. Works

  3. Notes

John Clark (died 1807) was a Scottish land agent, Gaelic scholar and writer.

Life

Clark was a Highlander, who was drawn into the controversy over the Ossian poems written by James Macpherson, by a chance meeting.[1] He worked for two decades in Wales, in particular on developing the road system, and was the steward of Viscount Hereford.[2] He died at Pembroke in 1807. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.[3]

Works

Clark published:[3]

  • Works of the Caledonian Bards, Edinburgh, 1778, collection of supposed translations of Highland poems
  • An Answer to Mr. Shaw's Inquiry into the Authenticity of the Works of Ossian, Edinburgh, 1781, against William Shaw, who claimed that Clark had admitted to him that his Works was faked.[2]
  • In the General View of Agriculture county surveys, reports on Brecknockshire, Radnorshire and Herefordshire for the Board of Agriculture, each in 1794. The Herefordshire survey commented on the prevalence of sunken lanes.[4] For Radnorshire, Clark criticised the conservatism of its farmers.[5]
  • The Nature and Value of Leasehold Property, 1808.

Notes

1. ^{{cite book|author=Thomas M. Curley|title=Samuel Johnson, the Ossian Fraud, and the Celtic Revival in Great Britain and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QoFlDwi99wcC&pg=PA205|date=16 April 2009|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-40747-2|page=205}}
2. ^{{cite ODNB|id=5467|title=Clark, John|first=Lionel Alexander|last=Ritchie}}
3. ^{{cite DNB|wstitle=Clark, John (d.1807)|volume=10}}
4. ^{{cite book|title=The Old Roads of South Herefordshire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTaWk2RsMNEC&pg=PA6|year=2007|publisher=Fineleaf Editions|isbn=978-0-9534437-4-1|page=6}}
5. ^{{cite book|author=Richard Suggett|title=Houses and History in the March of Wales: Radnorshire 1400-1800|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SaNs0bByeXYC&pg=PA8|year=2005|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales|isbn=978-1-871184-23-5|page=8}}
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