Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hugh Archibald Clarke is a Canadian composer, organist, and teacher. He was born in Toronto, Canada on August 15, 1839, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 16, 1927 , at the age of 88 . Clarke was exposed to music at a very young age. His father, James Paton Clarke, who was a Mus. Doc. of Oxford University, is where his musical exploration stemmed from. At the age of twelve, Clarke began to play the organ at his church. After he and his wife, Jane Searle, moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he volunteered as the organist at the Second Presbyterian Church for 22 years.