PARKER, H. T.

(1867-1934)

Born Henry Taylor Parker in Boston, he dropped out of Harvard University because it then lacked courses in dramatic literature and instead worked as a journalist. He became New York correspondent for theBoston Transcriptfrom 1892-1898, and again from 1901-1903. Parker reviewed drama for theNew York Commercial Advertiser(1898-1900) and theNew York Globe(1903-1905). In 1905, Parker began a long tenure as resident drama critic for theBoston Transcript, signing his reviews H. T. P. Widely considered a perceptive and fair-minded critic, Parker gained a reputation as one of the most distinguished critics of his era.