Charles E. J. Clarke

{{Short description|English cathedral organist}}

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Charles Erlin Jackson Clarke (19 December 1795 – 28 April 1844) was an English cathedral organist, who served at Durham Cathedral and Worcester Cathedral.The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw.{{cite book |last1=Evans |first1=Robert |last2=Humphreys |first2=Maggie |date=1997 |title=Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xZCvAwAAQBAJ&q=Charles+Erlin+Jackson+Clarke+organist&pg=PA65 |location= |publisher=Bloomsbury |page=65 |isbn=1441137963}}

Clarke was a chorister at Worcester Cathedral from 1804. In 1811, aged 15, he was appointed organist of Durham Cathedral. In 1813 he returned to Worcester, remaining cathedral organist until his death in 1844.