Clarke, Samuel (2)

Clarke, Samuel (2), an English divine, was born about 1626, and educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. He early applied himself to the study of the Scriptures, and died Feb. 24, 1701. His Annotations on the Bible (1690, fol.), printed together with the sacred text, was the great work of his life. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Allibone, Diet. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.