Charles Upson Clark

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Charles Upson Clark (January 14, 1875 – September 29, 1960) was a professor of history at Columbia University. He discovered the Barberini Codex, the earliest Aztec writings on herbal medicines extant.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Biography

Clark was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on January 14, 1875 to Edward Perkins Clark and Catharine Pickens Upson.<ref name=Marquis>"Clark, Charles Upson", in Who's Who in America (vol. 14, 1926 edition); p. 456</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He earned a bachelor's degree at Yale University in 1897, and a Ph.D. there in 1903.<ref name=Marquis/>

He married Annie White Frary in Rome on September 7, 1900, and they had three children.<ref name=Marquis/>

Throughout his life he was the author of many books on a variety of subjects. Among them was the history of West Indies by Antonio Vázquez de Espinosa translated into English,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> and the modern history of Romania.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

He also collaborated with the American School of Classical Studies in Rome, where became a fellow in 1901, and held a directory of Classical Studies and Archaeology since 1910.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He died at his apartment in New York City on September 29, 1960.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>