Thomas March Clark, D. D., an American bishop, born in Newburyport, Mass., July 4, 1812. He graduated at Yale college in 1831, studied theology at Princeton, N. J., and was licensed to preach by the presbytery in 1835. He was for a time at the Old South church in Boston; but having resolved to enter the Episcopal church, he was ordained in January, 1836, and became rector of Grace church, Boston, where he remained till 1843, when he removed to Philadelphia. In 1847 he returned to Boston, and became assistant minister of Trinity church. In 1851 he became rector of Christ's church, Hartford, Conn. Having been elected bishop of Rhode Island, he was consecrated Dec. 6, 1854, in Grace church, Providence, of which church he was rector for 12 years. Besides numerous charges, addresses, etc, Bishop Clark has published works entitled "Early Discipline and Culture" (1852), and "Primary Truths of Religion" (1869). The latter has been translated into Chinese, for the use of schools in China and Japan.