Son of Benjamin Clarke, MRCS, surgeon-dentist, who practised in Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W. He received his professional training at the London Hospital and practised at Spackman's Buildings, Hackney. He was Surgeon to the Homerton District of the Hackney Union. In 1855 he practised at 1 Richmond Terrace, Hackney, and was Surgeon to the East London Union Infirmary, Homerton, and Depot Surgeon to the King's Own Militia. Later his address was at 1 Arbutus Place, Clapton, and Church Street, Hackney, and he was in partnership with Francis Dorrington Niblett, afterwards with Thomas Furze Clarke, and finally with William Brooks Colquhoun. He then moved from Clapton to 1 Crowther Terrace, Bournemouth, and was a Medical Examiner for Life Insurance GPO. After his retirement he lived at St Lawrence, Crescent Road, Bournemouth, where he died on November 3rd, 1906. His photograph is in the Fellows' Album. He was also Assistant Surgeon to the King's Own Light Infantry Militia. Publications: "Knots in the Umbilical Cord." - *Brit. Med. Jour.*, 1883, i, 860.