Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Parker, Leonard F.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Leonard Fletcher Parker
- L.F. Parker
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1825-1911
History
Leonard Fletcher Parker was a professor of Greek and Latin at Grinnell College from 1860-70 and of History from 1888-98. In the interim he taught at the University of Iowa. Parker was involved with the public schools, with the Underground Railroad, and with many aspects of life in the Grinnell area. He died in 1911 after the publication of his last book, History of Poweshiek County.