Barry R. Clarke

Barry R. Clarke (born 14 March 1959) is a British puzzle designer, theoretical physicist, and Shakespeare authorship theorist.

Born in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, to English parents, he was educated at Heckmondwike Grammar School, West Yorkshire. In 1984, he obtained a Master of Science degree by thesis in theoretical physics from the University of Hull. In January 2014 he was awarded a PhD degree without amendments from Brunel University's Shakespeare authorship program.

Since 1989, Barry R. Clarke has written a regular puzzle column for The Daily Telegraph, his puzzle work has been featured on BBC TV Mindgames,^[1] and he has published several books of original puzzles. His enigmas have also appeared in The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times, New Scientist, and Reader's Digest. He is currently puzzle columnist for Prospect magazine. Clarke is an innovator of puzzles. While Challenging Logic Puzzles (2003) contains many new logic puzzle forms, Mathematical Puzzles and Curiosities (2013) showcases an original collection of visual lateral thinking puzzles. He has written and directed several award-winning short films and his comedy sketches have appeared on both BBC and ITV.^[2][3][4]

Bibliography

• 1993 The Daily Telegraph Book of Brain Twisters, part contributor, Pan. ISBN 0-330-33106-X
• 1994 Test Your Puzzle Power, Ward Lock. ISBN 0-7063-7249-2
• 1994 Puzzles for Pleasure, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-46634-2
• 2003 Challenging Logic Puzzles (Mensa), Sterling. ISBN 1-4027-0541-7
• 2003 Brain Busters, Dover. ISBN 0-486-42755-2
• 2007 The Shakespeare Puzzle: A Non-esoteric Baconian Theory, Lulu Press. ISBN 978-1-84753-708-9
• 2013 Mathematical Puzzles and Curiosities, Dover. ISBN 978-0486490915
• 2014 Extreme Logic Puzzles, Puzzlewright. ISBN 978-1454909934

Notes

External links

• The Puzzling World of Barry R. Clarke

Shakespeare authorship question (History) A series on alternative authorship theories for the works of William Shakespeare Theories Declaration of Reasonable Doubt Baconian theory Derbyite theory Oxfordian theory Prince Tudor theory Marlovian theory Candidates List of Shakespeare authorship candidates Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland Christopher Marlowe Sir Henry Neville William Nugent William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby Supporters Mark Anderson Delia Bacon Charles Wisner Barrell Charles Beauclerk Alden Brooks Barry R. Clarke Bert Fields George Greenwood Joseph C. Hart Calvin Hoffman Richard Kennedy Abel Lefranc J. Thomas Looney Charlton Ogburn Charlton Greenwood Ogburn John Orloff Orville Ward Owen James Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance Henry Seymour Joseph Sobran Roger Stritmatter Mark Twain Bernard Mordaunt Ward Alexander Waugh Walt Whitman