Frederick Le Gros Clark (3 September 1892 – 22 September 1977) was a British children's author, and an expert on malnutrition.

Early life

Frederick Le Gros Clark was born on 3 September 1892 in Chislet, Kent, England, the son of Rev. Edward Travers Clark, and his wife Ethel May. ^[1] His grandfather was the surgeon Frederick Le Gros Clark (1811-1892). ^{[1] [2]}

He was awarded a scholarship for Blundell's School, Tiverton from 1906, and a scholarship to study Classics at Balliol College, Oxford in 1911. ^[1] He served throughout the First World War, and had an accident on the very last day, losing his right hand and his sight in both eyes. ^[1]

In 1937, Clark and his wife Ida published The Adventures of the Little Pig (1937), a children's book with a left-wing political message. The book was praised by Sylvia Townsend Warner in Left News and Harry Pollitt in the Daily Worker. ^[3]

His brother was Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark, Professor of Anatomy at the University of Oxford and the University of London. ^[1]

Career

In 1939, he co-wrote "Our Food Problem and Its Relation to Our National Defences". ^[4]

Publications

• Apparition (1928) - adult novel ^[1]
• Between Two Men (1935) - adult novel ^[1]
• The Adventures of the Little Pig (1937) - for children ^[1]
• The Deep Shelter Mystery - for children
• Audrey in the Spring - for children

Personal life

He married Ida Clark. ^[1] His second wife was Winifred. ^[1]

Le Gros Clark died in Cambridge on 22 September 1977, aged 85. ^{[1] [5]}

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