John Erskine Clarke

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Clarke was an British clergyman who issued the first parish magazine. He
established several other religious publications and was responsible for
founding churches schools and hospitals in Battersea. He also competed
at Henley Royal Regatta. Clarke was born at Cossepor, Bengal, India the
eldest son of William Fairlie Clarke an official of the East India
Company. Clarke’s father died in 1835 and the family returned to
Edinburgh. He was admitted to Wadham College, Oxford on 26 June 1846.
Clarke rowed at Oxford and in 1849 was in the Wadham College eight that
won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. In 1850 in a single
scull he was runner-up in the Diamond Challenge Sculls to Thomas Bone.
In 1851 partnering C L Vaughan in a coxless pair, he was runner up in
the Silver Goblets at Henley to James Aitken and Joseph William Chitty.