Prof. Blake of Medical School Dead

Professor-Emeritus Clarence John Blake M.D. '65, of the Medical School, died yesterday at his home in Boston at the age of seventy-six, following a brief illness. He was born in Boston in 1843 and attended the Roxbury Latin School and the Lawrence Scientific School of the University. He later attended the Medical School, and then studied medicine abroad for four years. In 1888 Professor Blake became a member of the Faculty of the Medical School, holding the professorship in Otology. In 1907 he was given the Walter Augustus Lecompte Professorship of Otology, and became Professor-Emeritus in 1913. He was a frequent contributor to medical and scientific journals.