CLARKE, ADAM (17 6 2 2) , British Nonconformist di vine, was born at Moybeg, Co. Londonderry, Ireland, in 176o or 1762. He completed his education at Kingswood school and in 1782 was appointed by Wesley minister to the Bradford (Wilt shire) circuit. He was a great preacher, and was three times (18o6, 1814, 1822) chosen to be president of the conference. He served twice on the London circuit, the second period being ex tended considerably longer than the rule allowed, at the special request of the British and Foreign Bible Society, who had em ployed him in the preparation of their Arabic Bible. He found time in his busy life to study Hebrew and other Oriental lan guages, in order to qualify himself for the great work of his life, his Commentary on the Holy Scriptures (1810-26). In 1802 he published a Bibliographical Dictionary in six volumes, to which he afterwards added a supplement. He was selected by the Records Commission to re-edit Rymer's Foedera, a task which after ten years' labour (18°8-18) he had to resign. He also wrote Memoirs of the Wesley Family (1823), and edited a large num ber of religious works. He died in London on Aug. 16, 1832.