RONALD W. CLARK

'Ronald William Clark' (November 2, 1916-1987) was a British author of biography and non-fiction.
Clark landed in Normandy on D-Day as a War Correspondent with the Canadians. He followed the war until the end, and remained in Germany to report on the major War Crimes trials. His post-war career produced biographies of a diverse group of historical figures, including: Charles Darwin, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Sigmund Freud, J.B.S. Haldane, V. I. Lenin, Bertrand Russell, and William F. Friedman. He also wrote about mountain climbing (over a dozen titles), the atomic bomb, Balmoral Castle, and world explorers.

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Selected works

References

Selected works

★ ''The Day the Rope Broke: The Story of the First Ascent of the Matterhorn'' (1965)

★ ''Queen Victoria's Bomb'' (science fiction, 1967)

★ ''JBS: The Life and Work of J.B.S. Haldane'' (1968) ISBN 0-340-04444-6

★ ''Einstein: The Life and Times'' (1972) ISBN 0-380-01159-X

★ ''Edison: The Man Who Made The Future'' (1977) ISBN 0-399-11952-3.

★ ''The Man Who Broke Purple: the Life of Colonel William F. Friedman, Who Deciphered the Japanese Code in World War II'' (1977).

★ ''The Greatest Power on Earth : The Story of Nuclear Fission'' (1980) ISBN 0-283-98715-4

★ ''Bertrand Russell and His World'' (1981) ISBN 0-500-13070-1

★ ''Balmoral, Queen Victoria's Highland Home'' (1981) ISBN 0-500-25078-2

★ ''The Survival of Charles Darwin'' (1984) ISBN 0-380-69991-5

References

★ The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, , Donald H., Tuck, Advent, , ISBN 0-911682-20-1

★ The Greatest Power on Earth, , Ronald W., Clark, Sidgwick & Jackson, , ISBN 0-283-98715-4