Author: Clarke, Stephen Reynolds
Biography:
CLARKE, Stephen Reynolds (b 1775: ancestry.com)
He came from a Suffolk family, the son of Ann (Bates) and Rix Clarke. He was baptised on 6 Dec. 1775 at St. Mary Le Tower, Ipswich. His brother George was for a time a printer and publisher in Ipswich. But they left Suffolk about 1809, and his publications were generally with London publishers. The Kiss is the only published play. His later books were instructional and historical: The British Botanist (1820), addressed to mothers responsible for the education of their children; Hortus Anglicanus (1822), on the English garden; and works on the topography and antiquities of England (1826), Yorkshire (1828), and Lancashire (1830). His full name does not appear in records of marriage or death and "Stephen Clarke" is so common as to be unreliable. (ancestry.com 12 Aug. 2025; Copsey) HJ
Other Names:
- Stephen Clarke