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Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Simpson) Clark
1872–1950
A Canadian doctor, poet, and man of letters, he wrote with a strong interest in Maritime history and culture. His best-known work, Rand and the Micmacs, reflects an early effort to record the life and work of missionary and linguist Silas Tertius Rand.
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Rand and the Micmacs
by Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Simpson) Clark
About the author
Born in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, in 1872, Jeremiah S. Clark was educated at Acadia University and later earned his medical degree from Manitoba Medical College. He practiced medicine for many years in Brandon, Manitoba, and also served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the First World War.
Alongside his medical career, he wrote poetry and prose. His 1899 book Rand and the Micmacs focuses on Silas Tertius Rand and Rand’s work among the Mi'kmaq people, while The Acadian Exile shows his interest in the history and memory of Atlantic Canada.
Clark died in 1950. Today he is remembered as a writer who moved between medicine and literature, bringing together local history, biography, and verse in a distinctly Canadian body of work.