Henry Butler Clarke
Henry Butler Clarke (born November 9, 1863 in Marchington , East Staffordshire , † September 10, 1904 in Torquay ) was a British historian, Romanist and Hispanist.
life and work
Clarke grew up in Saint-Jean-de-Luz (not far from the French-Spanish border). He studied at Oxford and was (after Lorenzo Lucena and a nine-year vacancy) from 1890 to 1894 the second teacher of Spanish at the Taylor Institute of Oxford University . In 1894 he stopped teaching for health reasons, but remained active in research as a fellow of St John's College until his death.
Clarke was the first Hispanist in modern Romance languages at Oxford. As such, he was in contact with Rufino José Cuervo and Hugo Schuchardt . He researched linguistic, literary and contemporary history.
Works
- (Ed.) A First Spanish Reader and Writer , London 1891
- A Spanish grammar for schools based on the principles and requirements of the Grammatical Society , London 1892, 1909; 2nd ed., Ed. by Fernando de Arteaga y Pereira , London 1914
- Spanish Literature. An Elementary Handbook , London 1893, 1909, Port Washington 1970
- (Ed.) Lazarillo de Tormes , Oxford 1897
- The Cid Campeador and the Waning of the Crescent in the West , New York 1897
- Modern Spain 1815-1898 , ed. by William Holden Hutton (1860–1930), Cambridge 1906, 2013, New York 1969
literature
- Matilde Gallardo Barbarroja, Introducción y desarrollo del español en el sistema universitario inglés durante el siglo XIX, in: Estudios de Lingüística del Español 20, 2003 ( http://elies.rediris.es/elies20/ )
Web links
- Literature by and about Henry Butler Clarke in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clarke, Henry Butler |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British historian, Romanist and Hispanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marchington, East Staffordshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1904 |
| Place of death | Torquay |