Name Barry Clarke | Role Columnist | |
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Education Heckmondwike Grammar School, University of Hull Books Challenging Logic Puzzles, Puzzles for pleasure, The Shakespeare Puzzle, Brain Busters! Mind‑Stre | ||
Comedy Sketches 1995-97
Barry R. Clarke (born 14 March 1959) is a British puzzle designer, theoretical physicist, and Shakespeare authorship theorist.
Born in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, to English parents, he was educated at Heckmondwike Grammar School, West Yorkshire. In 1984, he obtained a Master of Science degree by thesis in theoretical physics from the University of Hull. In January 2014 he was awarded a PhD degree without amendments from Brunel University's Shakespeare authorship program.
Since 1989, Barry R. Clarke has written a regular puzzle column for The Daily Telegraph, his puzzle work has been featured on BBC TV Mindgames, and he has published several books of original puzzles. His enigmas have also appeared in The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times, New Scientist, and Reader's Digest. He is currently puzzle columnist for Prospect magazine. Clarke is an innovator of puzzles. While Challenging Logic Puzzles (2003) contains many new logic puzzle forms, Mathematical Puzzles and Curiosities (2013) showcases an original collection of visual lateral thinking puzzles. He has written and directed several award-winning short films and his comedy sketches have appeared on both BBC and ITV.