Walter Eugene Clark | |
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| Born | Walter Eugene Clark (1881-09-08)September 8, 1881 |
| Died | September 30, 1960(1960-09-30) (aged 79) |
Walter Eugene Clark (September 8, 1881 – September 30, 1960), was an American philologist. He was the secondWales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University and editor of the volumes 38-44 of theHarvard Oriental Series. He translated theAryabhatiya ofAryabhata with critical notes which was published in 1930, by theUniversity of Chicago Press.[1][2][3]
Clark was born on September 8, 1881, inDigby, Nova Scotia, and came to the United States in 1883.[4]
Clark received his A.B. in 1903, A.M. in 1904 from Harvard. After receiving his Doctorate from Harvard in 1906, with the dissertation titled "Quid de rebus Indicis scirent Graeci prisci quaeritur" he went to Germany toBerlin to receive further training under the IndologistRichard Pischel.[5]
He joined the "Department of Comparative Philology" atUniversity of Chicago as the "Instructor in Sanskrit". In 1915, he was promoted to Assistant Professor of the "Department of ComparativePhilology, General Linguistics, and Indo-Iranian Philology" and from 1923 to 1927 as Associate Professor of Sanskrit.[6]
In 1927[4] he became theWales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard. He held the position until his retirement in 1950.[5] He was the editor of the volumes 38-44 of theHarvard Oriental Series after Charles Lanman.[7]
He was a member of theAmerican Oriental Society, theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences, theLinguistic Society of America, theRoyal Asiatic Society, and theSociété Asiatique. Among his other positions he was appointed the second Master of theKirkland House (1935–46) on September 1, 1935, succeedingEdward A. Whitney.[4][5]
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| Preceded by | Wales Professor of SanskritHarvard University 1927 - 1950 | Succeeded by |
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