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William Clark

Born

in Haltwhistle, Northumberland, The United Kingdom

July 28, 1916

Died

June 27, 1985

Genre

Thriller, History

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William Donaldson Clark was a prominent British journalist and public servant who blended a career in writing with high-level politics.

He was born on 28 July 1916, the son of John McClare Clark and Marion Jackson. He was educated at the independent Oundle School and graduated from Oriel College, Oxford with a First Class degree in modern history. He later attended the University of Chicago in 1938 as a Commonwealth Fellow. During World War II he worked doing public relations for Britain in the United States.

He became the London editor of Encyclopædia Britannica in 1946, a post he left for journalism in 1949 and later he was a foreign affairs correspondent for The Observer (1950–1955), and wrote political novels, including 'Number 10' (1966) ...more

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	To Hear Thunder 4.50 avg rating — 76 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Academic Charisma and the Origins of the Research University 4.10 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	A New Kind of Flavor: An Urban Tale of Forbidden Love 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Herb Gardening: The Complete Guide to Designing, Planting and Harvesting 27 Organic Herbs for Beginners. 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Boys, be ambitious. Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame. Be ambitious for the attainment of all that a man can be.”
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“Voting represented no rational process, but was simply traditional in certain societies for obtaining consensus and expressing the will of a group. The vote expressed more about the committee or college than it did about the elected person.”
― William Clark, Academic Charisma and the Origins of the Research University

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