Ronald W. Clark

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Ronald William Clark (1916-1987) was a British author of biography and non-fiction.

Clark wrote biographies of a diverse group of historical figures, including: Charles Darwin, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Sigmund Freud, J.B.S. Haldane, V. I. Lenin, Bertrand Russell, and William F. Friedman. He also wrote about mountain climbing (over a dozen titles), the atomic bomb, Balmoral Castle, and world explorers.

[edit] Selected works

The Day the Rope Broke: The Story of the First Ascent of the Matterhorn (1965)
JBS: The Life and Work of J.B.S. Haldane (1968) ISBN 0-340-04444-6
Einstein: The Life and Times (1972) ISBN 0-380-01159-X
Edison: The Man Who Made The Future (1977) ISBN 0-399-11952-3.
The Man Who Broke Purple: the Life of Colonel William F. Friedman, Who Deciphered the Japanese Code in World War II (1977).
The Greatest Power on Earth : The Story of Nuclear Fission (1980) ISBN 0-283-98715-4
Bertrand Russell and His World (1981) ISBN 0-500-13070-1
Balmoral, Queen Victoria's Highland Home (1981) ISBN 0-500-25078-2
The Survival of Charles Darwin (1984) ISBN 0-380-69991-5

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