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| first_name = James Cooper | | first_name = James Cooper | ||
| name = Clark | | name = Clark | ||
| − | | honorific_prefix = | + | | honorific_prefix = Major |
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| image = File:Clark,_James_Cooper.jpg | | image = File:Clark,_James_Cooper.jpg | ||
| birth_date = 1860 | | birth_date = 1860 | ||
| death_date = 1944 | | death_date = 1944 | ||
| − | | address = Ladyhill House, Elgin; 30 Trevor Street, Knightsbridge, SW | + | | address = Ladyhill House, Elgin; 30 Trevor Street, Knightsbridge, SW<br />Station Hotel, Elgin; 2/6 Devon Regiment, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force D [1917]<br />Chelwood Corner, Nutley, Sussex [1919]<br />c/o Bank of Montreal, 47 Threadneedle Street, EC2 [1921]<br />South College, Elgin, NB [1923]<br />Reform Club, Pall Mall, SW1 [1929]<br />47 Parliament Hill, Hampstead, NW3 [1933] |
| occupation = armed services<br />academic | | occupation = armed services<br />academic | ||
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| membership = ordinary fellow | | membership = ordinary fellow | ||
| − | | left = | + | | left = 1933 last listed |
| − | | clubs = | + | | clubs = Reform Club |
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=== House Notes === | === House Notes === | ||
| − | proposed by A.P. Maudslay 1911.06.28 | + | 1911.10.31 nominated; proposed by A.P. Maudslay 1911.06.28 |
=== Notes From Elsewhere === | === Notes From Elsewhere === | ||
Elgin Museum: Foreign archaeology consists of some Greek and Roman pieces collected in the Mediterranean and in Britain and a collection of pre-Spanish pottery excavated by Dr James Cooper Clark, from Moray, when on British Government expeditions to Central America, Peru and Belize in 1913 and 1928. <br /><br />Scholar of ancient American civilizations, translator of the Mendoza Codex (in the Bodleian Library), accompanied T A Joyce on official expeditions to Maya sites in British Honduras for the Museum. Son of John Clark of Ceylon, educated at Elgin Academy and Aberdeen Grammar School; served as a major with the Leicestershire Regiment in the First World War. Sold a small collection of Mesopotamian antiquities to the Museum in 1920, donated an object in 1922, and sold Japanese pottery to the Museum in 1929.<br /><br />Mr James, Cooper Clark, formerly of South College, Elgin. He was the younger son the late Mr Clark. Blackhills House, Lhanbryde. and was educated at Elgin Academy and Aberdeen Grammar School. Mr Clark was keenly interested in archaeology [Aberdeen Weekly Journal obit]<br /><br /> | Elgin Museum: Foreign archaeology consists of some Greek and Roman pieces collected in the Mediterranean and in Britain and a collection of pre-Spanish pottery excavated by Dr James Cooper Clark, from Moray, when on British Government expeditions to Central America, Peru and Belize in 1913 and 1928. <br /><br />Scholar of ancient American civilizations, translator of the Mendoza Codex (in the Bodleian Library), accompanied T A Joyce on official expeditions to Maya sites in British Honduras for the Museum. Son of John Clark of Ceylon, educated at Elgin Academy and Aberdeen Grammar School; served as a major with the Leicestershire Regiment in the First World War. Sold a small collection of Mesopotamian antiquities to the Museum in 1920, donated an object in 1922, and sold Japanese pottery to the Museum in 1929.<br /><br />Mr James, Cooper Clark, formerly of South College, Elgin. He was the younger son the late Mr Clark. Blackhills House, Lhanbryde. and was educated at Elgin Academy and Aberdeen Grammar School. Mr Clark was keenly interested in archaeology [Aberdeen Weekly Journal obit]<br /><br /> | ||
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| Born | 1860 | ||||||||
| Died | 1944 | ||||||||
| Residence |
Ladyhill House, Elgin; 30 Trevor Street, Knightsbridge, SW Station Hotel, Elgin; 2/6 Devon Regiment, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force D [1917] Chelwood Corner, Nutley, Sussex [1919] c/o Bank of Montreal, 47 Threadneedle Street, EC2 [1921] South College, Elgin, NB [1923] Reform Club, Pall Mall, SW1 [1929] 47 Parliament Hill, Hampstead, NW3 [1933] | ||||||||
| Occupation |
armed services academic | ||||||||
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House Notes
1911.10.31 nominated; proposed by A.P. Maudslay 1911.06.28
Notes From Elsewhere
Elgin Museum: Foreign archaeology consists of some Greek and Roman pieces collected in the Mediterranean and in Britain and a collection of pre-Spanish pottery excavated by Dr James Cooper Clark, from Moray, when on British Government expeditions to Central America, Peru and Belize in 1913 and 1928.
Scholar of ancient American civilizations, translator of the Mendoza Codex (in the Bodleian Library), accompanied T A Joyce on official expeditions to Maya sites in British Honduras for the Museum. Son of John Clark of Ceylon, educated at Elgin Academy and Aberdeen Grammar School; served as a major with the Leicestershire Regiment in the First World War. Sold a small collection of Mesopotamian antiquities to the Museum in 1920, donated an object in 1922, and sold Japanese pottery to the Museum in 1929.
Mr James, Cooper Clark, formerly of South College, Elgin. He was the younger son the late Mr Clark. Blackhills House, Lhanbryde. and was educated at Elgin Academy and Aberdeen Grammar School. Mr Clark was keenly interested in archaeology [Aberdeen Weekly Journal obit]
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