Walter Eugene Clark
Walter Eugene Clark | |
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| Born | Walter Eugene Clark September 8, 1881 |
| Died | September 30, 1960(aged 79) |
Walter Eugene Clark(September 8, 1881 – September 30, 1960), was an American philologist. He was the secondWales Professor of Sanskritat Harvard University and editor of the volumes 38-44 of theHarvard Oriental Series.He translated theAryabhatiyaofAryabhatawith critical notes which was published in 1930, by theUniversity of Chicago Press.[1][2][3]
Education
[edit]Clark was born on September 8, 1881, inDigby, Nova Scotia,and came to the United States in 1883.[4]
Clark received his A.B. in 1903, A.M. in 1904 from Harvard. After receiving his Doctorate from Harvard in 1906, with the dissertation titled "Quid de rebus Indicis scirent Graeci prisci quaeritur"he went to Germany toBerlinto receive further training under the IndologistRichard Pischel.[5]
He joined the "Department of Comparative Philology" atUniversity of Chicagoas the "Instructor in Sanskrit". In 1915, he was promoted to Assistant Professor of the "Department of Comparative Philology, General Linguistics, and Indo-Iranian Philology" and from 1923 to 1927 as Associate Professor of Sanskrit.[6]
In 1927[4]he became theWales Professor of Sanskritat Harvard. He held the position until his retirement in 1950.[5]He was the editor of the volumes 38-44 of theHarvard Oriental Seriesafter Charles Lanman.[7]
He was a member of theAmerican Oriental Society,theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences,theLinguistic Society of America,theRoyal Asiatic Society,and theSociété Asiatique.Among his other positions he was appointed the second Master of theKirkland House(1935–46) on September 1, 1935, succeedingEdward A. Whitney.[4][5]
Bibliography
[edit]- Walter Eugene Clark (1933).India.Open Court Publishing Company.
References
[edit]- ^G. S. (February 1931). "The Âryabhaṭîya of Âryabhaṭa by Walter Eugene Clark, Âryabhaṭa".Isis.15(1): 173–174.doi:10.1086/346545.JSTOR224577.
- ^Smith, David Eugene (October 1930). "The Aryabhatiya of Aryabhata by Walter Eugene Clark".The Mathematics Teacher.23(6): 396–398.JSTOR27951268.
- ^Babb, M. J. (March 1931). "The Āryabhaṭīya of Āryabhaṭa, An Ancient Indian Work on Mathematics and Astronomy by Walter Eugene Clark".Journal of the American Oriental Society.51(1): 51–52.doi:10.2307/593220.JSTOR593220.
- ^abc"CLARK APPOINTED TO FILL VACANCY LEFT BY WHITNEY".Article, May 14, 1935.The Harvard Crimson.RetrievedOctober 17,2013.
- ^abcWard W. Briggs (January 1, 1994).Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists.Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 99–100.ISBN978-0-313-24560-2.
- ^Silverstein, Michael."The history of organization of a University of Chicago unit dealing with linguistics"(PDF).Article, 2006.University of Chicago.RetrievedOctober 17,2013.
- ^"About the Harvard Oriental Series".Article.Harvard University.RetrievedOctober 17,2013.
External links
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- Walter Eugene Clarkat the Database of Classical Scholars
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