title: John Clarke (provost)
text: # John Clarke (provost)
  
  John Clarke (1732–1781) was the Provost of Oriel College, Oxford and an Anglican clergyman.
  
  ## Education
  
  Born in 1732 he was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School) 1742 -1749.
  
  He was a B.D. and Doctor of Divinity 19 May 1768.
  
  ## Career
  
  John Clarke was Provost of Oriel from 12 February 1768 until his death on 21 November 1781.
  
  He was rector of Kingsdown near Wrotham from 1776-1781 and a Prebendary of Rochester.
  
  