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Parker, Francis Wayland

soldier, educator, author, was born Oct. 9, 1837, in Bedford, N. H. He is a prominent educator of Chicago, principal of the Cook County Normal school, and formerly supervisor of the Boston schools. He is the author of Talks on Teaching; The Practical Teacher; Course in Arithmetic; and How to Teach Geography. PARKER, GEORGE WASHINGTON, railroad president, was born in August, 1836, in Springfield, Ill. He was president of the Second National bank of Charleston; and in 1887 was elected president of the St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute railroad, which position he still holds.