Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke | |
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Portrait of Adam Clarke | |
| President of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference | |
| In office 1806–1807 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Coke |
| Succeeded by | John Barber |
| In office 1814–1815 | |
| Preceded by | Walter Griffith |
| Succeeded by | John Barber |
| In office 1822–1823 | |
| Preceded by | George Marsden |
| Succeeded by | Henry Moore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1762 Moybeg Kirley, Tobermore, Ireland |
| Died | 26 August 1832 (aged 69–70) London, England |
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Adam Clarke (1762 – 26 August 1832) was an Irish writer and biblical scholar. As a writer and biblical scholar, he published an influential Bible commentary among other works. Additionally, he was a Methodist theologian who served three times as President of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference (British: 1806–07, 1814–15 and 1822–23), and of the Irish Conference (1811, 1812, 1816, 1822).