Background
Parker, Edward Melville was born on July 11, 1855 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Melville and Fanny Cushing (Stone) Parker.
Parker, Edward Melville was born on July 11, 1855 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Melville and Fanny Cushing (Stone) Parker.
He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Henry Melville Parker and Fanny Cushing (Stone) Parker. He was educated at Saint Paul"s School in Concord, New Hampshire (1868-1874), and at, Oxford, England (Bachelor 1878. Master of Arts 1881). He received a Doctor of Divinity from the Berkeley Divinity School in 1906, and a Doctorate.C.L. from the Bishop"s College (now Bishop"s University) in Lennoxville, Quebec, in 1907.
Deacon, 1879, priest, 1881, Protestant Episcopal Church. A master Saint Paul’s School, 1879-1906. Consecrated bishop coadjutor of New Hampshire (U.S.), February 9, 1906.
Succeeded as bishop of New Hampshire, April 1, 1914.
Married Grace Elmendorf, 1885 (died 1888). Married second, Isabella Goodrich, October 1, 1914.