Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
NameDr Henry MARTYN-CLARK MD , 5275
Birth1857
Death1916
EducationEdinburgh University
FatherRobert CLARK , 5269 (1835-1900)
MotherElizabeth Mary BROWNE , 5293 (1830-1907)
Spouses
Birth1858
Death1935
Marriage1882
ChildrenRobert (“Andrew”)Eric Noel , 5281 (1887-1926)
Notes for Dr Henry MARTYN-CLARK MD
Medical doctor stationed at the Church Missionary Society premises in Amritsar.

From Jol Martyn-Clark’s website: http://nearly-midnight.blogspot.com/2011/02/lets-go-to-harmston.html

Henry Martyn-Clark was adopted by the Reverend Robert and Elizabeth Clark in 1857. It is believed that he was their first child. The description in Henry's biography of his father suggest that he was adopted shortly after the loss of Robert and Elizabeth's first born. It is known however that he was an Afghan and that he was adopted very shortly after his birth. It was thought that he was abandoned by his mother but there is a short passage that suggests otherwise.The origin of the name Henry Martyn suggests to me that it is in acknowledgement and affection for Henry Martyn (1781- 1812) the Anglican Priest and missionary to India and Persia barely a generation before Robert's own mission years. Robert like Henry Martyn was a graduate of Cambridge University.

Henry was educated at Edinburgh university (MB and CM) he also attained his MD in 1892. He practiced as a medical practitioner in Edinburgh. In 1881 he was accepted by the Church Missionary Society to start the Amritsar Medical Mission as a Medical Missionary. He left for Amritsar to join his father on February the 4th 1882. He had married his wife Mary Emma Ireland in Edinburgh on the 23rd of January the same year. In this respect he was very like his father taking his new Scottish bride to India at the start of their marriage.

My mother kept the "Remarks on Malaria and Acclimatisation" safe. In this paper Henry postulates on the origin and treatment of Malaria. He stops just short of actually blaming the mosquito - but had certainly referenced this insect as one of the primary causes. As he was on the boat to India at this time he must have had it read at the meeting.
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