Carl Henry Clerk

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Carl Henry Clerk
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	Carl Henry Clerk
Born	4 January 1895; Aburi, Gold Coast
Died	28 May 1982 (aged 87); Accra, Ghana
Nationality	British subject (1895–1957); Ghanaian (1957–1982);
Education	Basel Mission Seminary, Akropong; Tuskegee University (BSc); Columbia University (PGDip);
Occupations	Clergyman; Agricultural Educationist; Administrator; Journalist; Editor;
Spouses	Juliana N. Nikoi (m. 1918; died 1919); Martha Ayorkor Quao (m. 1929);
Children	7, including Nicholas and George
Parents	Nicholas Timothy Clerk (father); Anna Alice Meyer (mother);
Relatives	Clerk family; Regina Hesse (grandaunt); Emmanuel Charles Quist (uncle); Nathan Quao (brother-in-law);
Church	Presbyterian Church of Ghana
Offices held	General manager, Presbyterian Schools (1935–1944); 4th Synod Clerk, Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast; (1950–1954); Editor, Christian Messenger; (1960–1963);
Orders
Ordination	Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, 1944

Carl Henry Clerk (4 January 1895 – 28 May 1982) was a Ghanaian agricultural educationist, administrator, journalist, editor and church minister who was elected the fourth Synod Clerk of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, assuming the role of chief ecclesial officer of the national church from 1950 to 1954. Between 1960 and 1963, he was also the Editor of the Christian Messenger, established by the Basel Mission in 1883, as the newspaper of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.

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