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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Infobox writer Desmond Clarke (1907 – 25 May 1979) was an Irish librarian, writer and former president of the Library Association of Ireland. Clarke was the biographer of various Irish figures including Arthur Dobbs, Thomas Prior, and Marie-Louise O'Murphy.

Life

He was born in Dublin, where his family had moved from County Mayo.[1] He was librarian of the Royal Dublin Society for many years. He was editor of An Leabharlann, journal of the Library Association of Ireland.

Works

  • Thomas Prior, 1681-1751, Founder of the Royal Dublin Society (Dublin: RDS, 1951)
  • Arthur Dobbs, Esquire, 1689-1765: Surveyor-general of Ireland, Prospector and Governor of North Carolina (London: Bodley Head 1958)
  • The Ingenious Mr Edgeworth (London: Oldbourne 1965)
  • The Changing Face of Literature: A Discussion and Evaluation of Developments over the Past Fifty Years: Proceedings of the 38th International P.E.N. Congress (Dublin: PEN Center 1972)
  • The Life and Loves of Marie Louise O'Morphi (Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 1979)

As editor

References

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  1. 1911 Census
  2. Pierce, David: Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century, A Reader, p. 1329