Campbell Clarke

Sir Campbell Clarke (3 October 1845 – 26 August 1902)[1] was a British journalist and author.

[1] In 1876 he went on a special mission to Constantinople to cover the international Conference between the great powers, and he was the first to report on the British occupation of Cyprus.

[2] As an author, he translated papers for the Philological Society, adapted several plays for the English stage, and wrote songs which were set to music.

According to his obituary in The Daily Telegraph: His work was always thorough, scholarly and sympathetic, while he had a wide knowledge of French literature in all its branches.

His knowledge of art was very considerable, and he always wrote about it with insight and feeling... His relations with successive French Ministries were of a confidential and intimate character.