Famous People with Name Clark

Clark Leonard Hull            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Leonard Hull: was an influential American psychologist who sought to explain learning and motivation by scientific laws of behavior. Born in Akron, New York, Hull obtained bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Michigan, and in 1918 a PhD in from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also taught from 1916 to 1929. His doctoral research on "Quantitative Aspects of the Evolution of Concepts" was published in Psychological Monographs.Hull conducted research demonstrating that his theories could predict and control behavior. His most significant works were the Mathematico-Deductive Theory of Rote Learning (1940), and Principles of Behavior (1943), which established his analysis of animal learning and conditioning as the dominant learning theory of its time. Hull is known for his debates with Edward C. Tolman. He is also known for his work in Drive Theory. Hull’s model is couched in evolutionary terms: Organisms suffer deprivation. Deprivation creates needs. Needs activate drives. Drives activate behavior. Behavior is goal directed. Achieving the goal has survival value.

Clark Coolidge            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Coolidge: is an American poet born in Providence, Rhode Island.Often associated with the Language School, his experience as a Jazz drummer and interest in a wide array of subjects--- including caves, geology, bebop, weather, Salvador Dalí, Jack Kerouac, and movies-

Clark Ashton Smith            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Ashton Smith: was a poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. It is for these stories, and his literary friendship with H. P. Lovecraft from 1922 until Lovecraft's death in 1937, that he is mainly remembered today. With Lo

Clark Mills            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Mills: was an American sculptor, best known for three equestrian statues of Andrew Jackson, in Washington D.C., Nashville, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1865 Mills made a life-cast of Abraham Lincoln's head. It is generally felt to be inferior in tec

Clark Sherwood Dennis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Sherwood Dennis: is an American professional golfer.Dennis played on both the PGA Tour (1990-91, 1994-95, 1998-99) and Nationwide Tour (1993, 1996-97, 2000). His best finishes on the PGA Tour were a pair of T-3, at the 1990 Hawaiian Open and at the 1998 Kemper Open. His b

Glenn Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Glenn Clark: is the former head coach of the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League, and also a former NLL player. Clark played in the NLL from 1998-2006 for both the Rock and the Philadelphia Wings. With the Rock, Clark won five NLL Championships.

Frederick Ambrose Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frederick Ambrose Clark: was an American equestrian. Clark was the son of Alfred Corning Clark and a grandson of Edward Clark, a lawyer and later 50% owner of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Brother of Edward Severin Clark, Robert Sterling Clark, and Stephen Carlton Clark.

David K. Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David K. Clark: is a Champion jockey in Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding professionally at Ontario racetracks in 1973 and went on to become one of Canada's most successful jockeys of all-time. In 1999 Clark was voted the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award.

Henry S. Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Henry S. Clark: was an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. He was the grandson of William Jennings, an owner-trainer who won the 1887 Preakness Stakes. Clark began his professional career in 1929 and got his first stakes winner with Liz Whitney Tippett's colt, Blue Cypr

Clarence Munroe Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clarence Munroe Clark: was an American tennis player active near the end of the 19th century. Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, he was part of a distinguished family from Philadelphia. In 1881, he became the first secretary of the recently-formed U.S. Lawn Tennis Association. T