John Clark Ridpath
American educator, historian and editor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Canadian intellectual historian (born 1936), see John Ridpath.
John Clark Ridpath (April 26, 1840 – July 31, 1900) was an American educator, historian, and editor. His mother was a descendant of Samuel Matthews, a colonial governor of Virginia.[1] Among his most notable works is a series of volumes on a history of the world, titled Cyclopedia of Universal History.