{{Short description|American journalist and editor}} {{Format footnotes|date=February 2021}} {{infobox person |name=Grover Clark |birth_date={{birth date|1891|12|14}} |birth_place=[[Osaka]], Japan |death_date={{death date and age|1938|7|17|1891|12|14}} |death_place=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]], U.S. |education=[[Oberlin College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Chicago]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])<br>[[Columbia University]] |occupation={{flatlist| *Journalist *editor }} }} '''Grover Clark''' (December 14, 1891 – July 17, 1938) was an American journalist and editor with expertise in Asian affairs.

== Early life == Clark was born in [[Osaka]], Japan, to American missionaries, he was educated at [[Oberlin College]] (BA 1914), the [[University of Chicago]] (MA 1918) and [[Columbia University]] (PhD candidate, 1936).

== Career == Clark taught in [[Tokyo]] (1918–1920), then moved his base to Peking ([[Beijing]], 1920–1930). He owned and edited the English language newspaper ''The Peking Leader''.<ref>See "In the Orient View: A Survey of the Periodical Press of China and Japan." ''Pacific Affairs'', vol. 1, no. 3, 1928, pp. 17–24. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3035499 online]</ref> He also was a columnist for several American magazines and newspapers, such as the ''[[Christian Science Monitor]].'' He moved to [[New York City|New York]] where he became a prolific writer and speaker on Asian affairs, with a regular column in ''[[Current History]].'' He was a lecturer at Columbia University, and after 1937 a professor of economics at the [[University of Denver]]. He was a leader in the [[China International Famine Relief Commission]]. His books emphasized that colonies almost never produced a profit, but were undertaken for prestige—for "a place in the sun."<ref>David Shavit, ''The United States in Asia: a historical dictionary'' (Greenwood, 1990) pp 100–101.</ref>

One legal magazine reported in 1937: "Professor Clark is widely recognized as one of the leading authorities on the [[Far East]]. His knowledge of Far Eastern peoples and their problems is based on long personal contact....Professor Clark has been much in demand for lectures on Far Eastern affairs."<ref>"Of Interest to the Bar" ''Dicta'', Vol. 14, Issue 12 (October 1937), p. 310.</ref>

== Death == Clark died of a [[heart attack]] while leading a scholarly panel at the [[University of Virginia]].<ref>"DR. GROVER CLARK, 46, FAR EASTERN EXPERT: Denver Educator Was Publisher in Peking for 12 Years" ''The New York Times'' 18 July 1938 p: 13.</ref>

==Selected publications== * ''Tibet, China, and Great Britain'' (Peking, 1924) * "China in 1927" ''Chinese Social and Political Science Review,'' Vol. 12, Issue 1 (January 1928), pp.&nbsp;136–196 * ''Economic Rivalries in China'' (Yale University Press, for Carnegie Endowment, 1932). * "China's Economic Emergence." ''The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science'' 168.1 (1933): 84–94.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/1019039 online] * "A Lull in China." ''Current History and Forum''. Vol. 40. No. 6. 1934. * "American Interests and Policy in the Far East" ''International Conciliation'', Vol. 16, pp.&nbsp;43–57 (1934) * ''The Great Wall Crumbles'' (New York: The Macmillan Company. 1935. Pp. xvii, 406.) [https://archive.org/details/greatwallcrumble010325mbp online] * ''The Balance Sheet of Imperialism: Facts and Figures on Colonies'' (Columbia University Press, for Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, New York, 1936). [https://archive.org/details/balancesheetsofi0000unse online] * ''A Place in the Sun'' (The Macmillan Company, New York, 1936) * "China, Japan and Ourselves in Perspective" ''Vital Speeches of the Day'' (Aug 15, 1937) Vol. 3 Issue 21, pp 669+.

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==External links== * [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Grover+clark%22+china&hl=en&as_sdt=1%2C27&as_ylo=1920&as_yhi=1938 short scholarly articles by Clark]

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