PIONEERRESPOND
Arthur Spottiswoode CLARKE 1885 - 1952
| aka | Arthur S. Clarke, A. S. Clarke, Arthur Clarke, A. Clarke |
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| birth | .. Jan/Feb/March 1885, Pewsey, Wiltshire, ENGLAND (FreeBMD 5a 187) |
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| death | 22 Nov 1952, Bedfont, Middlesex South, Middlesex (67y) (GRO 5f 79) |
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| marriage | (1) married in .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1915, Pewsey, Wiltshire to:
 Bessie E. (= Edith?) LENTON b. ............ A Bessie Edith LENTON was born in .. Jan/Feb/Mar 1878 in Alderbury/Salesbury, Wiltshire (identical?) |
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| marriage | (2) married on .. July/Aug/Sep 1925, Wandsworth, Surrey to:
Jean Stevenson GALBRAITH b. .... <1895>, .......... |
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PARENTS
| father | Thomas CLARKE b. ca. 1853, Hatfield, Doncaster, Yorkshire |
| mother | Anna Wardlaw ....... b. ca. 1853, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, SCOTLAND |
| marriage | Thomas and Anna got married ca. 1878. |
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LIFE
1901 CENSUS, 88 Bolingbroke Grove, London, SW 11:
Thomas CLARKE (48y)
Anna W. ....... (48y)
children:
- Thos. A. (20y)(b. <1881>, Pewsey)
- Anna S. (18y)(b. <1883>)
- Arthur S. (16y)(b. <1885>, Pewsey)
- Alice M. (14y)(b. <1887>)
- Harold (12y)(b. <1889>, Pewsey)
- Mary (10y)(b. <1891>, Wandsworth, London)
1911 CENSUS, 88 Bolingbroke Grove, London, SW 11, Battersea, London:
Thomas CLARKE (58y) (b. Doncaster, Yorkshire) general medical practitioner
Anna WARDLAW (58y) (b. Glasgow, SCOTLAND)
children:
- Thomas Alexander (30y)(b. <1881>, Pewsey, Wiltshire) single general medical practitioner
- Anna Spottiswoode (28y)(b. <1883>), Pewsey, Wiltshire) single teacher
- Arthur Spottiswoode (26y)(b. <1885>, Pewsey, Wiltshire) single mechanical engineer working at gramophone company
- Alice M. (24y)(b. <1887>)
- Harold (22y)(b. <1889>, Pewsey)
- Mary (20y)(b. <1891>, Wandsworth, London)
recorder GRAMCO (1908-1911) (x y z)
resident recording expert of The Gramophone Company in India between 1914 and 1916 (source: Kinnear)
Arthur S. CLARKE (40y; SINGLE) engineer
+ Brenchley MITTELL; Married
SS "MAURETANIA"
dep.: ....
arr.: 18 April 1925, NY
business c/o The Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, NJ
Father: T. CLARKE, Bolingbroke Grove, London, SW 11
B. Mittell is mentioned at the top of letter from H. A. M. Clark with list of engineers (9 March 1954)
Arthur S. CLARKE (40y) engineer
SS "OLYMPIC"
dep.: .. May 1925, New York, USA
arr.: 5 June 1925, Southampton, ENGLAND
Father: T. CLARKE, Bolingbroke Grove, London, SW 11
Arthur S. CLARKE (67y) recording engineer
+ Jean S. CLARKE (57y)
SS "STRATHAIRD"
dep.: 14 Feb 1952, London, ENGLAND
arr.: 20 Mar 1952, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Home address: 204 Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex
Arthur S. CLARKE (67y) recording engineer
+ Jean S. CLARKE (57y)
SS "STRATHMORE"
dep.: 9 May 1952, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
arr.: 17 June 1952, Tilbury (London), ENGLAND
Home address: 204 Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex
residence in 1927/1930/1932/1943/1952: Gwynne Lodge, 204 Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex
In British Phone Books of 1954: Jean S. Clarke, 204 Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex
NOTES
- The Gramophone Company's First Indian Recordings. 1899-1908 by Michael Kinnear, p. 32
- On Wax (in: The Age (Melbourne) of 14 Feb 1952, p. 2) online article
- Orchestra Records: English Expert Arrives (in: The Sydney Morning Herald of 21 March 1952) online article
- World Audience For Sydney Symphony: Orchestra Ready To Go On Record (in: The Sydney Morning Herald of 29 March 1952) online article
- Acoustics of Hall by R. G. Allingham (in: The Sydney Morning Herald of 2 April 1952) online article
- Mahler Symphony To Be Recorded Here (in: The Sydney (Sunday) Morning Herald of 20 April 1952) online article
- Opus Number 50: For Trams And Orchestra (in: Sydney Morning Herald of 10 May 1952) online article
- HMV The Gramophone Company Matrix Series Identifying Letters: A Summary by John Milmo (online publication; revised 21 June 2020)
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| From l. to r.: Harold Clarke, Bob Beckett and Douglas Larter.
(Harold Clarke is either Arthur Clarke's brother or a typo for Arthur Clarke). Handwritten caption says: retired in 1960. courtesy: Peter Beckett |
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| Arthur Clarke at work (1949)
courtesy: Peter Beckett |
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THANK YOU
Leslie Gage
Michael Lloyd-Davies
Martha Kelley
Maria Kapkidi (co-researcher RP)
Peter Beckett