Frederick Le Gros Clark

Frederick Le Gros Clark was born on 3 September 1892 in Chislet, Kent, England, the son of Rev. Edward Travers Clark, and his wife Ethel May.[1] His grandfather was the surgeon Frederick Le Gros Clark (1811-1892).[1][2]

He was awarded a scholarship for Blundell's School, Tiverton from 1906, and a scholarship to study Classics at Balliol College, Oxford in 1911.[1] He served throughout the First World War, and had an accident on the very last day, losing his right hand and his sight in both eyes.[1]

His brother was Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark, Professor of Anatomy at the University of Oxford and the University of London.[1]

In 1939, he co-wrote "Our Food Problem and Its Relation to Our National Defences".[3]

• Apparition (1928) - adult novel[1]
• Between Two Men (1935) - adult novel[1]
• The Adventures of the Little Pig (1937) - for children[1]
• The Deep Shelter Mystery - for children
• Audrey in the Spring - for children

He married Ida Clark.[1] His second wife was Winifred.[1]

Le Gros Clark died in Cambridge on 22 September 1977, aged 85.[1][4]