William Barnard Clarke

William Barnard Clarke (often abbreviated as W.B. Clarke; 1807–1894) was an English physician, architect, archaeologist and polymath. Born to a family of a senior portman and bailiff of Ipswich, William Barnard Clarke obtained a M.D. at the University of Edinburgh, but his main interest was architecture. A gifted sketch artist, he published a collection of maps of European cities. In 1832 he supervised the restoration of The Eleanor Cross in Waltham Cross. He was also an active member of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and Architects' Institute of London. Late in his life he moved to Germany, where he was one of the first translators of Goethe's Faust to English.