Carl Henry Clerk

The Reverend
Carl Henry Clerk
Carl Henry Clerk
Born(1895-01-04)4 January 1895
Aburi, Gold Coast
Died28 May 1982(1982-05-28) (aged 87)
Accra, Ghana
Nationality
Education
Occupations
Spouses
  • Juliana N. Nikoi
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    (m. 1918; died 1919)​
  • Martha Ayorkor Quao
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    (m. 1929)​
Children7, including Nicholas and George
Parents
Relatives
ChurchPresbyterian Church of Ghana
Offices held
Orders
OrdinationEbenezer Presbyterian Church, 1944

Carl Henry Clerk (4 January 1895 – 28 May 1982) was a Ghanaian agricultural educationist, administrator, journalist, editor and church minister who was elected the fourth Synod Clerk of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, assuming the role of chief ecclesial officer of the national church from 1950 to 1954.[1][2][3][4][5] Between 1960 and 1963, he was also the Editor of the Christian Messenger, established by the Basel Mission in 1883, as the newspaper of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.[2]

  1. ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (26 August 1954). Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ a b Clerk, Nicholas, T. (5 June 1982). Obituary: The Reverend Carl Henry Clerk. Accra: Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Funeral Bulletin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Sundkler, Bengt; Steed, Christopher (4 May 2000). A History of the Church in Africa. Cambridge University Press. p. 719. ISBN 9780521583428. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Rev. Hsihene, Rev. Ch. Clerk, Perempe II Asante-König (bei der Synode in Kumase 1953.). – BM Archives". bmarchives.org. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  5. ^ Nkansa-Kyeremateng, K. (2003). The Presbyterian Church of Ghana: History and Impact. Accra: Sebewie Publishers. pp. 97–99.