From the History of shipbuilding: the «Odesa» period of activity of Professor Charles Clark
Authors:   Odessa National Maritime University, Levchenko Valery , Levchenko Halyna ,   Odessa National University named aft er I. I. Mechnikov
Published: September 2023

The purpose of the study is to conduct a comprehensive study of the biography of Ch. Clark in the “Odesa” period of his life at the pedagogical and scientifi c levels. Th e research methodology is based on the principles of concrete-historical approach or historical method, ob- jectivity, comprehensiveness and integrity, consistency, and on the usage of the given me thods: analysis and synthesis, historical-genetic, comparative-historical, historical-typological, and problem-chronological. Th e scientifi c no velty of it is that for the fi rst time in historiography, the role of Professor Ch. Clark in the creation and formation of the methodical-pedagogical and scien- tifi c-technical base of higher polytechnic education in Odesa, as one of the leading educational and scientifi c centers of Ukraine, is comprehensively presented. Conclusions. Ch. Clark made a signifi cant contribution to the organization and institutionalization of the Odesa Polytechnic Institute, in particular to the development of shipbuilding in Odesa and in Ukraine in general. Th e article is devoted to the analysis of the «Odesa» period of life of the well-known European spe- cialist in the fi eld of shipbuilding, design engineer, researcher of heat engineering, hydraulics and hydraulic engines – Ch. Clark. Reconstruction of this period of the scientist’s life allows to estab- lish the factors that infl uenced the changes in his life and moving to Odesa, to analyz e the main directions of his activity, which became part of the content and specifi cs o f the formation and development of higher shipbuilding education in Ukraine. Th e factual understanding of the main directions of life of the theorist and the practice of shipbuilding against the background of histori- cal events and phenomena will allow to fi nd out about his place and role as a person in history. Th e «Odesa» period of Ch. Clark’s life, his scientifi c and pedagogical aspects of activity still remain unexplored, so wit hout a doubt, deserve a special scientifi c study that will demonstrate the cont- ribution of this extraordinary person to the development of educational and scientifi c processes in the technical fi eld. Ukraine. Based on the biographical method of analysis, the creative path o f the founder of higher shipbuilding education in the South of Ukraine is considered. Th e appea- rance of Ch. Clark in Odesa contributed to the penetration into the academic environment of the technical fi eld of knowledge of the traditions of Western European education and science, which generated the popularization and intensifi cation of scientifi c and technological progress. In his new place, the scientist became an authoritative specialist in the process of formation and evolu- tion of many areas of the technical fi eld of science, which became the driving force in creating their theoretical and methodological basis. Using a wide range of methods of historical research and on the basis of archival sources, the factors of development of higher polytechnic education in Odesa, the formation of scientifi c schools in the fi eld of shipbuilding and other areas of technical science are identifi ed. Th e signifi cant and invaluable contribution of Clark to the motivation and actualization of the development of higher education and research in the fi eld of shipbuilding in the coming years is pointed out. Th e emergence of a higher polytechnic education institution in the south of Ukraine, which trained highly qualifi ed technical personnel, in particular in the fi eld of shipbuilding, generally contributed to the modernization of the Ukrainian higher polytechnic education system and the formation of one of the leading centers of scientifi c and technical intel- ligentsia. methodological principles and practical experience of technical science.