Edward Melville Parker (July 11, 1855 - October 22, 1925) was a bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States.
The Right Reverend Edward Melville Parker D.D., D.C.L. | |
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| Bishop of New Hampshire | |
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| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | New Hampshire |
| In office | 1914–1925 |
| Predecessor | William Woodruff Niles |
| Successor | John T. Dallas |
| Previous post(s) | Coadjutor Bishop of New Hampshire (1906-1914) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1881 by William Woodruff Niles |
| Consecration | February 9, 1906 by William Woodruff Niles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 11, 1855 |
| Died | October 22, 1925 (aged 70) New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Buried | Blossom Hill and Calvary Cemeteries |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Henry Melville Parker & Fanny Cushing Stone |
| Spouse | Grace M. Elmendorf Isabella Goodrich |
Biography
editEducation
editHe was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Henry Melville Parker and Fanny Cushing (Stone) Parker.[1] He was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire (1868-1874), and at Keble College, Oxford, England (B.A. 1878; M.A. 1881). He received a D.D. from the Berkeley Divinity School in 1906, and a D.C.L. from the Bishop's College (now Bishop's University) in Lennoxville, Quebec, in 1907.[2]
Career
editHe was ordained deacon in 1879 and 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 was bishop from 1914 until 1925, when he died suddenly during the General Convention of the church.[3][4]
Marriage
editHe married Grace Elmendorf of Racine, Wisconsin, in 1885. She died in 1888.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Parker, Edward Melville". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Church: 225. 1917.
- ^ Marquis Who's Who (1960). Who was who in America, p. 507. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights, NJ.
- ^ "Parker, Edward Melville". The Churchman. 92: 13. 1905.
- ^ TIME (1925-11-02). "At New Orleans". TIME. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). . Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.
- John William Leonard; Albert Nelson Marquis (1910–1911). "Parker, Edward Melville". Who's Who in America. p. 1465.