LC control no. | nb2013011359 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Clarke, David, 1929-2002 |
Associated place | Leicestershire, England |
Birth date | 19290915 |
Death date | 2002-07 |
Field of activity | Ferrari automobile Automobile racing Railroads Older people -- Institutional care People with disabilities -- Institutional care |
Affiliation | Great Central Railway Graypaul Motors Shuttlewood Clarke Foundation David Clarke Railway Trust |
Profession or occupation | Automobile racing drivers Railfans |
Special note | Do not confuse with Clarke, David, 1948- [nb2004302584] who is also associated with railways and motor racing |
Found in | Ferrari 250 GTO, 1983: t.p. (David Clarke) BL letter from author, pre-20 Oct. 1988 (David Arnold Clarke, born 15 Sept. 1929) David Clarke Railway Trust webpage, 4 June 2013: about David Clarke (David Arnold Clarke, born 15 Sept. 1929, died July 2002; he followed a motor racing career in the early 1950s and went onto form his own film company and made motor racing films for oil companies; he was in all things mechanical and eventually, having started to collect and restore old Ferrari cars, he formed the internationally known Graypaul Motors Ltd; he formed the Shuttlewood Clarke Foundation, based in Leicestershire's Charnwood Forest, a registered charity for the relief of loneliness and suffering among elderly and disabled people; had an interest in railways and invested heavily in the mainline preserved railway Great Central Railway) |
Associated language | eng |