Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Clark, John (d.1807)
CLARK, JOHN (d. 1807), Gaelic scholar, was a land and tithe agent. He published what purports to be a collection of translations of highland poems under the title, ‘Works of the Caledonian Bards,’ Edinburgh, 1778, 8vo, and ‘An Answer to Mr. Shaw's Inquiry into the Authenticity of the Works of Ossian,’ Edinburgh, 1781, 8vo. Clark reported on the state of agriculture in Brecknock, Radnor, and Hereford for the board of agriculture, each report being published separately in 1794 under the title of ‘General View of Agriculture,’ &c., 4to. He also wrote a treatise on ‘The Nature and Value of Leasehold Property,’ which appeared posthumously in 1808. He died at Pembroke in 1807. He was a fellow of the Edinburgh Society of Antiquaries.
[Gent. Mag. vol. lxxvii. pt. ii. p. 687; Brit. Mus. Cat.]