Clarksville
a city and countyseat of Montgomery co., Tenn., on the Cumberland and Red rivers, and the Louisville and Nashville and the Tennessee Central railroads, 50 miles N. W. of Nashville. It is the center of the great "dark tobacco belt," and has many tobacco factories. It is the seat of the Southwestern Presbyterian University (1874), and the State Odd Fellows' Home; has several manufactories, daily and weekly newspapers, a female acad- National banks, etc. Pop. (1910) 8,548; (1920) 8,110.
CLARKE, MARY COWDEN, an English story-writer, essayist, and Shakespearean scholar; born in London, June 22, 1809. She married Charles Cowden emy, high and graded public schools, 2 Clarke, with whom she wrote the "Shakespeare Key" and compiled an edition of Shakespeare's plays. Her own "Complete Concordance" is universally known. Among her novels are: "A Rambling Story" and "The Iron Cousin." "World- Noted Women" contains biographical studies. She died in Italy, Jan. 12, 1898.
CLARKE, SAMUEL, an English theological and philosophical writer; born in Norwich, in 1675; educated at Caius College, Cambridge. He became chaplain to Dr. More, bishop of Norwich, and between 1699 and 1701 published "Essays on Baptism, Confirmation, and Repentance," replied to Toland's "Amyntor," and issued a paraphrase of the Gospels.
He was then presented with two livings, and in 1704 and 1705 twice delivered the Boyle lectures at Oxford. In 1706 he published "Immortality of the Soul," and a Latin version of Newton's "Optics."
He was appointed rector of St. James's, London, and chaplain to Queen Anne.
In 1712 he edited Cæsar's "Commentaries," and published his "Scripture Doctrine of the Trinity." His chief subse-