Cyril Drummond Le Gros Clark

Cyril Drummond Le Gros Clark ('C. D.') (1894 - 6 July 1945), brother of Wilfrid Le Gros Clark, was a translator of Su Shi from Chinese into English, and Chief Secretary of Sarawak. After marrying in 1925. In preparation for his Secretaryship he spent from 1925 to 1927 on Gulangyu Island, at the time an extraterritorial International Settlement in order to learn Hokkien language and culture. At the end of 1931 his "Selections from the Works Su Tung-t'o" was published. The book was decorated by wood engravings of his wife. The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer praised the translation for its "gracefully natural prose."

Cyril Drummond Le Gros Clark

Cyril Drummond Le Gros Clark ('C. D.') (1894 - 6 July 1945), brother of Wilfrid Le Gros Clark, was a translator of Su Shi from Chinese into English, and Chief Secretary of Sarawak. After marrying in 1925. In preparation for his Secretaryship he spent from 1925 to 1927 on Gulangyu Island, at the time an extraterritorial International Settlement in order to learn Hokkien language and culture. At the end of 1931 his "Selections from the Works Su Tung-t'o" was published. The book was decorated by wood engravings of his wife. The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer praised the translation for its "gracefully natural prose."