Frank Edward Clarke

For another person with the name, see Frank Clarke (British politician).

Frank Edward Clarke
Born20 December 1848
Suffolk, England
Died1 July 1899
New Plymouth, New Zealand
Occupation(s)Ichthyologist, Scientific illustrator and draftsman of the Survey Department, New Zealand

Frank Edward Clarke (20 December 1848 – 1 July 1899[1]) was a New Zealand ichthyologist and scientific illustrator. He discovered numerous fish species previously unknown to science and was the third most active describer of those new species in New Zealand from 1870 to 1905.[2] Clarke was also an artist and a collection of his scientific illustrations is held at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

  1. ^ "Obituary". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 June 2015 – via Papers Past.
  2. ^ Saunders, Brian (2012). Discovery of Australia's fishes : a history of Australian ichthyology to 1930 (2e dr. ed.). Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Pub. p. 270. ISBN 9780643106727. Retrieved 17 June 2015.