Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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The Rev. James Izatt Clarke , Minister in charge of Palmerston Presbyterian church, was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1857. He was educated at Glasgow University and at the Free Church Divinity Hall in the same city, and finished his college course in 1890. Having been licensed by the Glasgow Presbytery, he landed in New Zealand in November, 1890, and was ordained and inducted into the charge of the Presbyterian church in the Mackenzie Country. In April, 1894, Mr. Clarke was inducted to the charge of the Palmerston church. He was married, in 1892, to a daughter of Mr. J. Walker, of Bathgate, Scotland, and has four sons and one daughter.