William Belmont Parker (born

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, 19 September 1871; died 1934) was a

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editor.

Biography

He came to the United States in early youth, graduated from

Harvard Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

in 1897, and in 1898-1902 was assistant editor of the ''

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''. He was literary adviser to

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, in 1902-04; instructor in English at Harvard in 1904-05 and lecturer in that subject at Columbia in 1905-08. He was advisory editor of the Associated Sunday Magazines in 1906-08, and literary editor of ''

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'' in 1908. He was editor and literary adviser to the Baker and Taylor Company in 1909-12, and literary adviser to the Century Company in 1912. He was business manager of the ''Churchman'' in 1912-14. Beginning in 1914, he was an editor with S. Pearson and Son.

Works

He edited: *

James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell (; February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets that ri ...

's ''Anti-Slavery Papers'' (1903) *

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's ''Certaine Sonets'' (1904) * ''Complete Poems of

Edward Rowland Sill Edward Rowland Sill (April 29, 1841February 27, 1887) was an American poet and educator. Biography Born in Windsor, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale in 1861, where he was Class Poet and a member of Skull and Bones. He engaged in business in ...

'' (1906) * ''The Wisdom of Emerson'' (1909) * ''Letters and Addresses of

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'', joint editor (1905) He wrote: * ''Life of Edward Rowland Sill'' (1915) * ''Argentines of to-day'' (1921, The Hispanic Society of America) * ''Bolivians of to-day'' (1921, The Hispanic Society of America) * ''Chileans of to-day'' (1921, The Hispanic Society of America) * ''Cubans of to-day'' (1921, The Hispanic Society of America) * ''Paraguayans of to-day'' (1921, The Hispanic Society of America) * ''Uruguayans of to-day'' (1921, The Hispanic Society of America)

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parker, William Belmont 1871 births 1934 deaths English emigrants to the United States American editors American non-fiction writers Harvard University alumni