Parish, John Carl, 1881-1939

Parish was born on July 25, 1881 in Des Moines, IA; Ph. D, State Univ. of IA, 1908; asst. professor of history, 1914, and in 1915, professor of history, Colorado College; after serving in World War I, he was lecturer in history at the State Univ. of IA, 1920-22; asst. professor, 1922-24, assoc. professor, 1924-27, and professor of history, UCLA; edited the State Historical Society of Iowa's monthly journal, The palimpsest, 1920-22; later edited the Proceedings of the Southern CA Historical Society, and in 1932 became editor of the Pacific Historical Review; published books include Robert Lucas (1907), George Wallace Jones (1912), and The man with the iron hand (1913); he died on Jan. 13, 1939 in Los Angeles.

From the description of Papers, 1915-1939. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40352679

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