Parrott
ROBERT PARKER, an American inventor; born in Lee, N. H., Oct. 5, 1804; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1824; was Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at the Academy in 1824-1826, and of Mathematics in 1826-1828. Commissioned a lieutenant, he served through the Greek war, and was afterward assigned to the Ordnance Bureau at Washington. He invented the well-known Parrott gun. He died in Cold Spring, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1877.