| Code | BPS/GB/173 |
| Name | Clarke; Alan Douglas Benson (1922-2011); Professor; CBE, FRCPsych (Hon), FBPsS (Hon). |
| Title | Professor |
| Forenames | Alan Douglas Benson |
| Surname | Clarke |
| Dates | 1922-2011 |
| Epithet | CBE, FRCPsych (Hon), FBPsS (Hon). |
| Parallel Name | A D B Clarke |
| Other Names | The Clarkes |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | British |
| DatesAndPlaces | Epsom, 1951-1962
University of Hull, 1962-1984
University of Hertfordshire, Visiting Professor, 1992-1998 |
| Address | Barnet, Hertfordshire |
| Activity | Date of Birth: 21/03/1922
Date of Death: 10/12/2011
Place of Birth: Carshalton, Surrey
University and Professional Training:
University of Reading, BA (first class honours), 1940-1941, 1946-1948
University of London, PhD, 1948-1950
Other Honours and Awards:
Commander of the British Empire (CBE), HMQ, 1974
Research Award (joint) American Association for Mental Deficiency, 1977
Hon. DSc. University of Hull, 1986
Distinguished Achievement Award for Scientific Literature, International Association for Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency (joint), 1982
Honorary Fellow, BPS 2007
Professional career:
Manor Hospital, Epsom, Senior Clinical Psychologist 1951-1957
Manor Hospital, Epsom, Consultant Clinical Psychologist 1957-1962
University of Hull, Professor of Psychology, 1962-1984
University of Hertfordshire, Visiting Professor, 1992-1998
Involvement with BPS and/or other societies and organisations:
BPS President, 1977-1978
DHSS Training Council for Teachers of the Mentally Handicapped, Chair 1969-1974
World Health Organisation, Expert Panel on Mental Health, member 1968-1985
MIND, Vice-President 1970-
British Journal of Psychology (BJP), Editor 1973-1979
International Association for Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency, President 1973-1976
International Association for Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency, Hon.Life President, 1988-
DHSS/SSRC Organising Group Transmitted Deprivation, Chair 1978-1983
OECD New Zealand, input for Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education, 1978.
Sources: A D B Clarke's Personal Details Sheet.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
| PublishedWorks | Selected publications:
Early Experience and the Life Path, Ann Clarke and Alan Clarke, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2000)
Human Resilience A Fifty Year Quest, Ann Clarke and Alan Clarke, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2003)
Mental Deficiency: The Changing Outlook, Ann Clarke and Alan Clarke (eds), Garland Science; (1985)
Mental Retardation and Behavioural Research (Institute for Research Into Mental Retardation), Ann Clarke and Alan Clark, Churchill Livingstone; (1973)
Early Experience: Myth and Evidence , Ann M. Clarke (Editor), A.D.B. Clarke (Editor) , Open Books Publishing Ltd; (1976)
Personal Profile Ann and Alan Clarke by Barbara Tizard, Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review / Volume 6 / Issue 04, pp 191 - 193 2001 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Published online: 28 November 2001
Home is Where One Starts From: One Woman’s Memoir, Alan, Ann Clarke, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Volume 16, Issue 1, page 63, February 2011
Thirty Years of Child Psychology: A Selective Review, Ann M. Clarke, A.D.B. Clarke,Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Volume 27, Issue 6, pages 719–759, November 1986
Clarke, A.M. and Clarke, A.D.B. (1977) Sir Cyril Burt, Bulletin of the British Psychological Society 30: 83-4.
Clarke, A.M, and Clarke, A.D.B. (1980) Comments on Professor Hearnshaw's' Balance sheet on Burt'. In: H. Beloff (ed.) A Balance Sheet on Burt: Supplement to the Bulletin of the British Psychological Society 33: 17-19.
Professor A.D.B.Clarke's obituary published in The Times, December 15, 2011.
Professor A.D.B. Clarke's obituary (by David A. Shapiro) published in The Psychologist Vol.25, No.2 (February 2012). |
| Source | A D B Clarkes Personal Details Sheet. |
| Conventions | International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN ISBN 0-9696035-3-3
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 |