Thomas Clark (1775–1859) was a Canterbury shoemaker (cordwainer) and a prolific composer of West Gallery music, especially for the Nonconformist churches of the South East of England.
Sally Drage, writing in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, notes that he was 'particularly influential as the composer of early Sunday School collections'.
[1] Clark was born in St Peter's parish in Canterbury and baptized on 5 February 1775.
He married Anne Ledger in St George's Church, Canterbury, in November 1806.
[2] Clark served as precentor in a Wesleyan chapel and took to composing hymn tunes.