CHARLES UPSON CLARK (JANUARY 14, 1875 – SEPTEMBER 29, 1960) WAS A PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. HE DISCOVERED THE BARBERINI CODEX, THE EARLIEST AZTECWRITINGS ON HERBAL MEDICINES EXTANT.[1][2]

BIOGRAPHY

CLARK WAS BORN IN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS ON JANUARY 14, 1875 TO EDWARD PERKINS CLARK AND CATHARINE PICKENS UPSON.[3][4] HE EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AT YALE UNIVERSITY IN 1897, AND A PH.D. THERE IN 1903.[3]

HE MARRIED ANNIE WHITE FRARY IN ROME ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1900, AND THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN.[3]

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,[5] AND THE MODERN HISTORY OF ROMANIA.[6]

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.[7] HE DIED AT HIS APARTMENT IN NEW YORK CITY ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1960