Edward M. Parker

Edward Melville Parker
The Right Reverend; Edward Melville Parker; D.D., D.C.L.
	Bishop of New Hampshire
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	New Hampshire
In office	1914-1925
Predecessor	William Woodruff Niles
Successor	John T. Dallas
Orders
Ordination	1881; by William Woodruff Niles
Consecration	February 9, 1906; by William Woodruff Niles
Personal details
Born	July 11, 1855; Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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
Previous post	Coadjutor Bishop of New Hampshire (1906-1914)

Edward Melville Parker (July 11, 1855 - October 22, 1925) was a bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States.

Biography

Education

He 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

He 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.[3]

Marriage

He married Grace Elmendorf of Racine, Wisconsin, in 1885. She died in 1888.

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References

"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.

Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Parker, Edward Melville" . 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.

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[1] "Parker, Edward Melville". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Church: 225. 1917.

[2] Marquis Who's Who (1960). Who was who in America, p. 507. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights, NJ.

[3] "Parker, Edward Melville". The Churchman. 92: 13. 1905.