Harry D. Clarke

CLARKE, Harry Dixon. b. Cardiff, Wales, 28 January 1889, d. Lexington, Kentucky, 14 October 1957. Harry Dixon Clarke was born in Cardiff (some sources indicate that he later changed his middle name to Dudley). Orphaned at a young age, he ran away from the orphanage, found his way to London, and went to sea for nearly a decade. With his brother’s assistance, Clarke moved to Canada and then to the United States, where he experienced his conversion. After studying at Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, he became active in music publishing during the 1920s. Donald P. Hustad* (1978) mentions Clarke’s convention collections, including three volumes of Gospel Truth in Song (Chicago, 1923, 1924,...