Edward Clodd
| Edward Clodd | |||||||||||||
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| Born | 1840 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 1930 | ||||||||||||
| Residence |
2 Glamorgan Villas, Leightonstone Road, Stratford [1863] 19 Carleton Road, Tufnell Park, N. [1897] Strafford House, Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1903] | ||||||||||||
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banker literary anthropologist | ||||||||||||
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1895.01.29 proposed by E.W. Brabrook
1915.10.26 Mr Edge Partington read a note of resignation from Mr E. Clodd owing to financial difficulties and on his motion it was resolved to keep Mr Clodd’s name on the list of Fellows and to suspend his subscription.
1915.11.30 A letter was read from Mr E. Clodd expressing his grateful appreciation of the resolution of Council, and his hope of being able to continue his subscription.
friend of Du Chaillu
Notes From Elsewhere
Edward Clodd (1 July 1840, Margate, Kent – 16 March 1930) was an English banker, writer and anthropologist.[1] He was the only surviving child of seven.[2] He cultivated a very wide circle of literary and scientific friends, who periodically met at Whitsun gatherings at his home at Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
Hon. Treasurer of Folklore Society
Born Margate, Kent; died Aldeburgh, Suffolk. His career was at London Joint Stock Bank. He published widely with many popular works to his name. His religious affiliation changed constantly over his lifetime, moving from Baptism to agnosticism-where his position was public and controversial.
An English banker and author, born at Margate, the son of a ship owner. He attended after-hours lectures at Birkbeck, University of London, becoming the sub-editor of Knowledge and a member of numerous London literary and scientific clubs and societies. This put him in contact with many travellers and leading scientific and literary figures of the day. He also contributed articles to several encyclopedias. Clodd knew Burton in the early 1860s through the Anthropological Society, and also through Dr. George Bird. He left a reminiscence of both men
Publications
External Publications
1872: The Childhood of the World 1880: Jesus of Nazareth. Kegan Paul, London. 1882: Nature Studies. (with Grant Allen, Andrew Wilson, Thomas Foster and Richard Proctor) Wyman, London. 1888: The Story of Creation: A plain account of evolution 1891: Myths and dreams. Chatto & Windus, London. 1893: The story of human origins (with S. Laing). Chapman & Hall, London. 1895: A Primer of Evolution Longmans, Green, New York. 1895: The story of “primitive” Man. Newnes, London; Appleton, New York. 1896: The childhood of religions. Kegan Paul, London. 1897: Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley. Grant Richards, London. 1898: Tom Tit Tot: An essay on savage philosophy in folk-tale. 1900: The story of the Alphabet. Newnes, London. 1900: Grant Allen: a memoir. 1902: Thomas Henry Huxley. Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London. 1905: Animism: the seed of religion. Constable, London. 1916: Memories. Chapman & Hall, London. 1917: The Question: If a man die, shall he live again? Grant Richards, London. 1920: Magic in names & other things. Chapman & Hall, London. 1922: Occultism: two lectures. 1923: The ultimate guide to Brighton, England McStewart & Earnshaw, London.
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Leeds U. [drafts of his books with letters received by him]
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