Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Clarke, Tertius Strong, D.D a Congregational minister, was born in Westhampton, Mass., Dec. 17, 1798. He graduated from Yale College in 1824, and from Auburn Theological Seminary in 1827. in which year he was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in South Deerfield, Mass. He retired in 1833, and was installed at Haddam, Conn., the … Continue reading “Clarke, Tertius Strong, D.D”

Clarke, Samuel D.D. a celebrated English divine and metaphysician, was born at Norwich, October 11, 1675. He received his first education in the free-school of Norwich, but was entered at 1691 in Caius College, Cambridge. (The following account, so far as the facts of Clarke’s life are concerned, is modified from the English Cyclopaedia, which … Continue reading “Clarke, Samuel D.D.”

Clarke, Samuel a Nonconformist, was born in Warwickshire, 1599; educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and after preaching as an evangelist at Shotwick, and Coventry, and at Warwick (where he was chaplain to the earl), he became minister of Bennet Fink, London. He was ejected in 1662, and lived in studious retirement until his death in … Continue reading “Clarke, Samuel (2)”

Clarke, Roger an English martyr, was apprehended at Ipswich in 1546, and taken before a priest, who questioned him as to the real presence in the eucharist. He was threatened by the priest., but, continuing constant, was burned at Bury in 1546. See Fox, Acts and Monuments, v, 530. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and … Continue reading “Clarke, Roger”

Clarke, Richard Samuel an Episcopal clergyman, was born in 1737, and for nineteen years was minister at New Milford, Conn., from which place he removed to Gagetown, N. B., and was rector there twenty-five years. His last settlement was in St. Stephen, where his ministry continued thirteen years. He died there, Oct., 1824. See Sabine, … Continue reading “Clarke, Richard Samuel”

Clarke, Richard Perry an English Congregational minister, was born at Barnstaple, North Devon, July 17,1821. He connected himself with the Church in early life; received his ministerial preparation at Western College, Exeter, and began his ministry in 1848 as pastor of Lower Darwen, Lancashire. He removed to Uxbridge in 1860; to City-road, London, in 1867; … Continue reading “Clarke, Richard Perry”

Clarke, Richard an English clergyman, was ordained deacon by the bishop of Winchester, May 5, 1746, and presbyter by the bishop of Bangor, Sept. 23,1750, and was sent to South Carolina by the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, arriving at Charleston in the autumn of 1753. St. Philip’s Church in that city … Continue reading “Clarke, Richard”

Clarke, Peter G. a Protestant Episcopal minister, was born at Woodbury, Conn., Feb. 11, 1793. Having received his classical and theological training under Dr. Tillotson Brownson, he was made honorary A.M. in 1821 by Yale College. He was ordained deacon in 1818, presbyter in 1820, and began his ministry in Norwich as assistant to Rev. … Continue reading “Clarke, Peter G.”

Clarke, Owen an English Baptist. minister, was born Dec. 3, 1791. He became. a Christian in early life, and at sixteen or seventeen went out as an itinerant preacher. In 1812 he entered the Bank of England, and shortly afterwards became pastor of the Church meeting at Paradise Chapel, Chelsea, occupying both positions until 1824, … Continue reading “Clarke, Owen”

Clarke, Orlando a Presbyterian, and afterwards Congregational, minister, was born Nov. 6, 1824, at Geneva, Ind., and was licensed by the Presbytery of Indianapolis. He took a partial course of study at Hanover College; graduated at Bloomington in 1848; from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1851, and afterwards spent a year at Yale as a resident … Continue reading “Clarke, Orlando”