Charles Upson Clark

Charles Upson Clark (January 14, 1875 – September 29, 1960) was a professor of history at Columbia University. He discovered the Barberini Codex, the earliest Aztec writings on herbal medicines extant.^[1][2]

Charles Upson Clark
Born	(1875-01-14)January 14, 1875 Springfield, Massachusetts, US
Died	September 29, 1960(1960-09-29) (aged 85) New York, New York, US
Occupation	Historian
Spouse	Annie White Frary ​ (m. 1900)​
Children	3

Biography

Clark was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on January 14, 1875 to Edward Perkins Clark and Catharine Pickens Upson.^[3][4] He earned a bachelor's degree at Yale University in 1897, and a Ph.D. there in 1903.^[3]

He married Annie White Frary in Rome on September 7, 1900, and they had three children.^[3]

Throughout his life he was the author of many books on a variety of subjects. Among them was the history of West Indies by Antonio Vázquez de Espinosa translated into English,^[5] and the modern history of Romania.^[6]

He also collaborated with the American School of Classical Studies in Rome, where became a fellow in 1901, and held a directory of Classical Studies and Archaeology since 1910.^[7] He died at his apartment in New York City on September 29, 1960.^[8]

Works

• The Text Tradition of Ammianus Marcellinus (1904)
• Collectanea Hispanica (1920)
• United Roumania (1922)
• Bessarabia, Russia and Roumania on the Black Sea (1927), Dodd, Mead and Company
• Voyageurs, robes noires, et coureurs de bois; Stories from the French exploration of North America (1934) (registration required)