Edward Goodman Clarke | |
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Nationality | English |
Occupation | Physician |
Edward Goodman Clarke (fl. 1812) was an English physician.
Clarke was born in London. He was a pupil of Mr. Cline, sen., at the same period with Astley Cooper, but on his fathers death he bought a commission in the 1st foot. Going to the West Indies, he married Miss Duncan, his colonel's daughter, but relapsed into intemperate habits, and took to writing as a refuge from starvation. He was admitted M.D. at Aberdeen on 24 October 1791, and licentiate of the London College of Physicians in 1792. He was appointed a physician to the army by the influence of Cline and Astley Cooper, but did not mend his habits, and finally died of diseased liver. He wrote:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bettany, George Thomas (1887). " Clarke, Edward Goodman". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.