Kathleen Clara Clark

Kathleen "Kitty" Clara Clark MBE (1896 – 20 October 1968) was a British radiographer who wrote the standard text now called Clark's Positioning in Radiography. She was one of the first qualified radiographers and established the teaching of radiography at the Royal Northern Hospital.

Life Clark was one of the first qualified radiographers in the UK. The first edition was published in 1939. She qualified in 1921/22 at Guy's Hospital.

She spent some years in Margate but she came back to London to lead a radiography department at the Royal Northern Hospital. In the following year, she created a teaching course at the hospital where she would establish her career. The book was intended to create common approaches and it established standards for projections in radiography departments. The book was attractive and the artist Francis Bacon used the book in creating his paintings.

She co-wrote "Mass Miniature Radiography of Civilians: For the Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis (guide to Administration and Technique with a Mobile Apparatus Using 35-mm. Film: and Results of a Survey)" with Philip D'Arcy and Peter Kerley. This was published in 1945.

Death and legacy Clark died on 20 October 1968, after four years of hospitalisation at the age of 70. Her book on positioning is still a standard text and her slides are also preserved.