Alan Douglas Benson Clarke CBE (21 March 1922 – 10 December 2011) was a British psychologist who specialised in the field of learning disability.
Life
editClarke was born on 21 March 1922. He grew up in Surrey, where his father was a solicitor. He served in the army during the war and afterwards completed a BSc in Psychology at the University of Reading where he met his future wife Ann Gravely, also a psychologist. He then undertook a PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry in London.
In 1951 Alan and Ann Clarke began working at Manor Hospital, Epsom working with children with learning disabilities. He then moved to the University of Hull to establish the Department of Psychology.[1][2]
Work
editClarke is renowned for his work on learning disability. He was President of the British Psychological Society and also editor of the British Journal of Psychology. In addition, he was President of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability. He was appointed CBE in the 1974 Birthday Honours for "services to the Training Council for Teachers of the Mentally Handicapped."[3]
Books
editClarke A., & Clarke, A. (1958 – 1985). Mental Deficiency: The Changing Outlook.
Awards
edit- 1974: CBE[2]
- 1977 – 1978: President, British Psychological Society[4]
- 2007: Honorary Fellow, British Psychological Society[4]
References
edit- ^ "Obituary - Alan Clarke" (PDF). British Psychological Society. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Professor Alan Clarke (obituary)". The Telegraph. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "No. 46310". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1974. pp. 6793–6826.
- ^ a b "Founders, Fellows, Presidents, and Members". British Psychological Society. Retrieved 2 August 2020.