CLARK

clark, john bates (1847- ), american economist, was born at providence, rhode island, on the 26th of january 1847. educated at brown university, amherst college, heidelberg and zurich, he was appointed professor of political economy at carleton college, minnesota, in 1877. in 1881 he became professor of history and political science in smith college, massachusetts; in 1892 professor of political economy in amherst college. he was appointed professor of political economy at columbia university in 1895. among his works are: _the philosophy of wealth_ (1885); _wages_ (1889); _capital and its earnings_ (1898); _the control of trusts_ (1901); _the problem of monopoly_ (1904); and _essentials of economic theory_ (1907).