Hugh Archibald Clarke (August 15, 1839 – December 16, 1927) was a Canadian composer, organist, and music teacher.
After Clarke and his wife, Jane Searle, immigrant to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he volunteered as the organist at the Second Presbyterian Church for 22 years.
His pupils included William Gilchrist, Preston Ware Orem, and Edward M. Zimmerman.
Clarke became known as one of the earliest specialists in music theory in North America, the other being John Knowles Paine who taught at Harvard University.
[citation needed] His most notable work, which earned him an honorary doctorate, is his 1886 composition to the Archanians by Aristophanes.