Edwin Clarke FRCP | |
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 Portrait of Clarke, Wellcome Trust | |
| Born | Edwin Sisterton Clarke 18 June 1919 Felling-on-Tyne, County Durham, England |
| Died | 11 April 1996 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | King’s College medical school at the University of Durham |
| Occupation(s) | Neurologist Medical historian |
| Medical career | |
| Institutions | Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine |
Edwin Sisterton Clarke FRCP (18 June 1919 – 11 April 1996) was a British neurologist and medical historian, best remembered for his role as Director of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, when he succeeded Noël Poynter and oversaw the transfer of the Wellcome museum to the Science museum, helped establish an intercalated BSc degree in the history of medicine for medical students and edited the journal Medical History.
In 1958, Clarke left a career in neurology to pursue one in history of medicine. In 1965, he was a member of the founding committee that established the British Society for the History of Medicine.
His publications included a series of monographs on the history of the neurosciences.