Frederick Clarke
English educator, Director of the Institute of Education in the University of London

Frederick Clarke

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English educator, Director of the Institute of Education in the University of London
A.K.A.
Fred Clarke
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Male
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United KingdomGreat BritainEngland
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Educator
Work field:
Academia
Birth:
2 August 1880
Death:
6 January 1952
Star sign:
Leo
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Sir Frederick Clarke (2 August 1880 – 6 January 1952)was an English educationist who was Director of the Institute of Education in the University of London between 1936 and 1945.

During the 1930s and 1940s, he was also a strong advocate for educational reform in England and Wales. Clarke was fully involved in the public educational debate at the time and a member of a private group of leading educational thinkers known as 'The Moot'. He is known particularly for his book Education and Social Change: an English interpretation from 1940.Other books include the collection of essays Essays in the Politics of Education (1923) and Freedom in the Educative Society (1948).

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Clarke's personal papers are held at the Archives of the Institute of Education.