Charles Clark

Charles David Lawson Clark (12 June 1933 – 6 October 2006) was a British publisher and lawyer, who was an authority on the law of copyright.

Life Clark was born in London and studied at Edinburgh Academy before reading law at Jesus College, Oxford. He was an editor for the legal publishers Sweet and Maxwell and was then called to the bar by Inner Temple in 1960. He then worked for Penguin Books, commissioning various titles on the "Pelican" list and the New Penguin Shakespeare, and initiating the Law, Psychology and Psychiatry lists. He was appointed managing director of Penguin Education in 1966, and also of Allen Lane/Penguin Press (which printed hardback books) in 1967. In 1972 he moved to Hutchinson to succeed Sir Robert Lusty as managing director of the publishing group], with authors including Frederick Forsyth and Anthony Burgess. From 1980 to 1984 he was chief executive of Hutchinson Ltd, which included the publishing operation and the printing company.