Parker
Parker names 10 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Parker THEODORE, an American theologian
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
THEODORE, an American theologian; born in Lexington, Mass., in 1810. He entered Harvard College in 1830, continuing, however, for a time to THEODORE PARKER work on his father's farm; afterward teaching school at Boston. In 1834 he entered the Theological School. He was chosen, in 1837, minister of a Unitarian congregation at West Roxbury. He had there leisure for study, and read extensively, enjoying the society of Dr. Channing. His views of Christianity had diverged considerably from the standard of his sect, and great excitement was occasioned by his sermon "On the Transient and Permanent in Christiunity," preached in 1841. Wearied with the bitterness and opposition of his adversaries, he visited Europe in 1843. The prejudice against him led to his quitting West Roxbury, and settling at Boston in 1846, as minister of the Twenty-eighth Congregational Society. In the following year he became jointeditor with Emerson and Cabot of the "Massachusetts Quarterly Review." He distinguished himself as the fearless opponent of the Fugitive Slave Law and sheltered slaves in his own house. He was very active as a public lecturer on various political and social topics, and was the correspondent of many eminent Early in 1859 he was compelled men. to relinquish his duties and seek health in France and Italy. His earliest published work was the "Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion" (1847). It has been widely read in Europe as well as in America, and is one of the most important contributions to religious philosophy. Among his other works are: "Critical and Miscellaneous Writings"; "Theism, Atheism, and the Popular Theology"; "Discourses of Politics"; "Experiences as a Minister," etc. He died in Florence in 1860.
Parker HORATIO WILLIAM, an American composer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HORATIO WILLIAM, an American composer; born at Auburndale, Mass., in 1863. He was educated in the United States and Europe and studied music at the Royal Conservatory at Munich. From 1885 to 1887 he was professor of music at the Cathedral School of St. Paul and Garden City, L. I., and was organist of Trinity Church from 1888 to 1893. From the latter year he was organist of Trinity Church in Boston. From 1894 he was professor of the theory of music at Yale University. His first opera, "Hora Novissima," was performed at Chester, England, Festival in July, 1899, and at other festivals in England. He was awarded the Metropolitan Opera prize of $10,000 for the opera "Mona," and the second prize of the same amount given by the National Federation of Women's Clubs for the opera "Fairyland," in 1914. He composed other operas and other music, sacred and secular. Died 1919.
Parker ALTON BROOKS, an American jurist and publicist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ALTON BROOKS, an American jurist and publicist; born in Cortland, N. Y., in 1852. Studied at academies and schools and graduated from the Albany Law School in 1873. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Ulster co. from 1877 to 1885. In the latter year he was appointed chairman of the State Democratic Committee. He was justice of the Supreme Court of New York in 1885 and a member of the Court of Appeals from 1889 to 1902. From 1898 to 1904 he was chief justice of this court and resigned to accept the Democratic nomination for the presidency. He took a prominent part in political affairs, serving as chairman of the Democratic State Convention in 1908. He ALTON B. PARKER served as chief counsel in many important cases in New York and elsewhere. He was president of the American Bar Association in 1906 and 1907.
Parker MATTHEW, Archbishop of Canterbury
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
MATTHEW, Archbishop of Canterbury; born in Norwich in 1504; was educated at Cambridge, and after having been licensed to preach was appointed dean of Stoke College in Suffolk, a king's chaplain and a canon of Ely. In 1544 he was appointed master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and elected later vice - chancellor. Queen Mary deprived Parker of his offices, and he remained in concealment till the accession of Elizabeth in 1558, by whom he was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. While he held this office he had the Bible translated from the text of Cranmer, and published at his own expense. He founded the Antiquarian Society, and was editor of the "Chronicles of Walsingham," "Matthew Paris," and "Roger of Wendover." He died in 1575.
Parker LOUIS NAPOLEON, modern English dramatist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
LOUIS NAPOLEON, modern English dramatist; born in 1852 at Calvados, France, and first devoted himself to the study of music in Freiburg and later at the Royal Academy in London. For nineteen years he was director of a famous English music school, the Sherborne School. Since 1896 his work has been entirely literary, and his fame rests on this and not on his musical compositions. Among his most celebrated and "Pomander successful dramas are: (1911); Walk" (1910); "Disraeli" "Drake" (1912); and "Joseph and His Brethren" (1913). Perhaps his best dramas are his two patriotic ones of "Disraeli" and "Drake," the former made famous by the actor, George Arliss.
Parker HERSCHEL CLIFFORD, American mountain climber
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HERSCHEL CLIFFORD, American mountain climber. He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1867, and graduated from the Columbia School of Mines in 1890. Some years later he explored the Canadian Alps, prospecting, surveying, and studying mineralogy and general physics. He began to teach physics in Columbia University in 1903, and at intervals explored the mountains of Alaska, ascending to the summit of Mt. McKinley, after a previous attempt in which Frederick A. Cook accompanied him. He has written articles for scientific journals and published "A Systematic Treatise on Electrical Measurements."
Parker JOSEPH, an English preacher and orator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOSEPH, an English preacher and orator; born April 9, 1830, in Hexham, Northumberland; was educated privately and at University College, London; elected Chairman of the Congregational Union, 1884; minister of the City Temple, London, from 1869; author of "Ecce Deus," "The Paraclete," "The People's Bible," a gigantic undertaking in 25 volumes, es, and "Weaver Stephens," a novel. In the autumn of 1887 Dr. Parker visited the United States, and delivered a memorial eulogy of Henry Ward Beecher in the Academy of Music, Brooklyn. He died in 1902.
Parker GILBERT, GILBERT
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GILBERT, GILBERT, a Canadian novelist; born in Ontario, in 1862. Among his works are: "Pierre and His SIR GILBERT PARKER People"; "Tales of the Far North"; "An Adventurer of the North"; "A Romany of the Snows"; "A Lover's Diary" (1894); "The Trail of the Sword" (1894); "When Valmond Came to Pontiac"; "The Seats of the Mighty"; "Ladder of Swords" (1904); "The Judgment House" (1913); "World in the Crucible" (1915); "Wild Youth and Another" (1919). He served for several years in Parliament. Knight, 1902; baronet, 1915.
Parker EDWARD MELVILLE, an American Protestant Episcopal bishop
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
EDWARD MELVILLE, an American Protestant Episcopal bishop; born in Cambridge, Mass., in 1885. He was educated at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and at Keble College, Oxford, England. He was ordained priest in 1881. From 1879 to 1906 he was master of St. Paul's School. He was made bishop coadjutor of New Hampshire in 1906 and became bishop in 1914.
Parker WILLARD, an American physician and surgeon
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLARD, an American physician and surgeon; born in New Hampshire in 1800; Professor of surgery in the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1839-1869; and subsequently Professor of Clinical Surgery in the same institution; he made many important discoveries in practical surgery. He died in 1884.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Of the ten Parkers gathered here, the theologian Theodore has grown rather than faded: the abolitionist preacher Collier's praised in 1921 for sheltering fugitive slaves supplied the phrase about the arc of the moral universe bending toward justice that Martin Luther King Jr. made famous. Others have been reshuffled by later reputation. Horatio Parker, described in 1921 as a Yale professor and prize-winning opera composer, is now remembered chiefly as the teacher who exasperated Charles Ives, and his "Hora Novissima" is classed as a choral work rather than an opera; Alton B. Parker, still living when the entry appeared, is now a footnote as the judge Theodore Roosevelt beat decisively in 1904; and Louis N. Parker's "Disraeli" outlived him as a film vehicle for George Arliss. Matthew Parker, Elizabeth's first archbishop, endures through the manuscript collection he left to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, still called the Parker Library, while the climber Herschel Parker's part in challenging Frederick Cook's claim to have reached the top of Denali is the reason his name survives at all.
Written for this edition, 2026.