John Park (1775–1852) was an educator and newspaperman in

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, in the 19th century. He established '' The Repertory'' newspaper. In 1811 he founded the Boston Lyceum for the Education of Young Ladies located on Mount Vernon Street in Beacon Hill, and attended by

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and

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. As of 1816 the school had a library of 3,000 volumes, as well as "a complete planetarium, a

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, and microscope." Park was elected a member of the

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in 1831. The society holds a nearly complete run of original copies of ''The Repertory'', as well as the related titles that proceed and follow it in its collections.Catalog record for ''The Repertory''
/ref> Park's daughter, Louisa Jane Hall, was a writer and literary critic.

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1775 births 1852 deaths Businesspeople from Boston 19th century in Boston Beacon Hill, Boston Educators from Massachusetts American newspaper founders Members of the American Antiquarian Society {{US-business-bio-stub