Background
Gilbert George Parker, known as Gilbert Parker, was born on November, 23, 1862 at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker.
Gilbert George Parker, known as Gilbert Parker, was born on November, 23, 1862 at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker.
He was educated as a teacher in Ottawa and taught at Marsh Hill and Bayside schools in Hastings County before becoming a teacher at the Ontario Institute for the Deaf and Dumb (in Belleville, Ontario) in 1882.
In 1900 he was elected to a Conservative seat in the English Parliament. Knighted in 1902, he was made a baronet in 1915. His most widely read novel was The Seats of the Mighty (1896), a romantic account of the conquest of the Quebec territory. Many of his other novels, set against Canadian backgrounds, had historical or religious themes. They include The Right of Way (1901), The Weavers (1907), and The Power and the Glory (1925). Sir Gilbert also wrote several historical works and collections of essays.
Quotations:
Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars, its feet for the swords; it continueth, though an army lay waste the pasture; it comforteth when there are no medicines; it hath the relish of manna; and by it do men live in the desert.
("The White Omen")
That which is loved may pass, but love hath no end.
("The White Omen")
In December 1895 he married Miss Amy VanTine of New York City.