Ronald W(illiam) Clark (1916-1987) was a British author of biography and non-fiction.

Clark wrote biographies of a diverse group of historical figures, including: Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Sigmund Freud, V. I. Lenin, and Bertrand Russell. He also wrote about mountain climbing (over a dozen titles), the atom bomb, and world explorers.

Selected Works

  • The Day the Rope Broke: The Story of the First Ascent of the Matterhorn (1965)
  • Einstein: The Life and Times (1972) ISBN 038001159X
  • The Greatest Power on Earth : The Story of Nuclear Fission (1980) ISBN 0283987154
  • Bertrand Russell and His World (1981) ISBN 0500130701
  • Balmoral, Queen Victoria's Highland Home (1981) ISBN 0500250782
  • The Survival of Charles Darwin (1984) ISBN 0380699915


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