Charles Upson Clark

{{short description|American classical and Romance philologist}}

Charles Upson Clark (January 14, 1875 in Springfield, Massachusetts[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica02marq/page/456/mode/2up CLARK, Charles Upson], in Who's Who in America (vol. 14, 1926 edition); p. 456 –1960) was a professor of history at Columbia University. He discovered the Barberini Codex, the earliest Aztec writings on herbal medicines extant.

Biography

Clark was born in 1875 to Edward Perkins Clark and Catharine Pickens Upson.{{cite news |title=Kate Upson Clark, Author, Dies At 83; Mother of Three Well Known Men Also Was Civic Leadert Editor and Lecturer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/02/18/archives/kate-upbon-clark-author-diesat-83-mother-of-three-well-known-men.html |quote=Mrs. Edwin Perkins Clark, better known by her nom de plume, Kate Upson Clark, died early yesterday at her home, 464 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn. ... Two of her sons, John Kirkland Clark, president of the New York State Board of ...|work=The New York Times |date= February 18, 1935 |accessdate=2010-10-08 }} Throughout his life he was the author of many books on a variety of subjects. Among them was the history of West Indies by Antonio Vázquez de Espinosa translated into English,"El Consejo Real ..." and the modern history of Romania."The Birth of the Romanian State"

He also collaborated with the American School of Classical Studies in Rome, where he held a directory of Classical Studies and Archaeology since 1910. He died in 1960.

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