query: who was the founder of the parker brothers

pos: Parker Brothers known products. Parker Brothers was founded by George S. Parker. Parker's philosophy deviated from the prevalent theme of board game design; he believed that games should be played for enjoyment and did not need to emphasize morals and values. He created his first game, called "Banking", in 1883 when he was 16. "Banking" is a game in which players borrowed money from the bank and tried to generate wealth by guessing how well they could do. The game included 160 cards which foretold their failures or successes. The game was so popular among family and friends that his brother, Charles

neg: Margaritaville (South Park) written and directed by series co-founder Trey Parker, and was rated TV-MA L in the United States. Parker and Stone long planned to create an episode about the economy and considered making it the season premiere, but decided they needed more time to craft the script, and instead opened the season with "The Ring", a spoof of the Jonas Brothers boy band. In their original idea for an economy episode, Parker and Stone considered having Cartman dress as a superhero who fights the economy. That idea was ultimately scrapped, and elements were transferred to the season's second episode, "The Coon".

neg: Parker Brothers subsidiary Kenner; this new company, Kenner Parker Toys Inc., was acquired by Tonka in 1987. Tonka, including Parker Brothers, was bought in 1991 for about $516 million by Hasbro which also owned the Milton Bradley Company. Following the acquisition, Parker Brothers continued to have its corporate offices in Beverly, but production of the games were moved to Milton Bradley's headquarters in East Longmeadow. In 1998, Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley were consolidated at the new Hasbro Games campus (based in Parker Brother's former headquarters). Parker Brothers Parker Brothers was an American toy and game manufacturer which later became a brand

neg: Parker Griggs comparing certain songs to artists such as Ram Jam, The Allman Brothers Band and The Jeff Beck Group. He admired Griggs' voice describing it as "powerful, but stylish". Following the release of "Brain Cycles", the band have also been cited as an example of the stoner rock genre. Parker Griggs Parker Griggs is an American psychedelic rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist and founder of the rock band Radio Moscow. Before the formation of Radio Moscow, Griggs was a fan of Cream, Blue Cheer and Led Zeppelin. He was known under his solo

neg: James Frank Woods had previously roamed the island of Hawaii. He served in a number of government posts in the Kohala district including a term in the legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and eventually became part owner of several sugarcane plantations in Hawaii and cattle ranches. On March 22. 1868 his father married his mother Mary Ann Parker (1851–1909), three-quarters native Hawaiian granddaughter of John Palmer Parker (1790–1868), founder of Parker Ranch. James Frank Woods was born June 27, 1872, and generally went by the name Frank Woods. He had seven siblings, five sisters two brothers. When his father died in December 1883,

neg: Mary E. Cobb Mary E. Cobb Mary E. Cobb was born in May 1852 in Lynchburg, Virginia to Pleasant A. Cobb, a carpenter and Mary Wade. Cobb was a descendant of Ambrose Cobbs, the founder of a prominent and politically powerful southern dynasty who came from England as early as 1635. After the Civil War Cobb moved to New York City with her mother and two brothers. It was in New York in 1874 that she met and married Dr. Joseph Parker Pray, a New England podiatrist who made a fortune purveying foot powders and ladies cosmetics. Tradition is that around the time

neg: Rich Uncle Pennybags character, artist Dan Fox, was unknown until 2013, when a former Parker Brothers executive, Philip Orbanes, was contacted by one of Fox's grandchildren. Contrary to popular opinion, Rich Uncle Pennybags, does not have a monocle and the confusion may come from another advertising icon, Mr. Peanut, who, in fact, does wear a monocle. The unnamed character made his first appearance outside of "Monopoly" within the Parker Brothers' game "Dig", released in 1940, before the U.S. entered World War II. The character did not receive a name until 1946 when the game "Rich Uncle" was published by Parker Brothers. His likeness

neg: Finance (game) in 1935, Parker Brothers purchased "Finance" from Knapp for $10,000. Parker Brothers changed "Finance" so it was less similar to "Monopoly" and published it under the Finance Game Company name in 1935. Parker Brothers made additional changes in 1936 and published it with the Parker Brothers name. During 1935, Parker Brothers was developing its own version of "Monopoly", "Fortune", in case its deal with Darrow and the patent fell through. Almost an exact copy of "Monopoly", "Fortune" had only 10,000 copies made due to the deal with Darrow working out and was only published to keep the trademark to the

neg: Shawn Parker future." Parker was born in Wiesbaden to a German mother and an American serviceman father, who settled in Germany after serving in the military. Parker briefly lived in Virginia in the U.S. before moving back to Germany. He has two younger brothers, Devante and Jermaine, who are part of the Mainz 05 youth teams. Shawn Parker Shawn Parker (born 7 March 1993) is a German footballer who currently plays as a forward for Greuther Fürth. Parker made his Bundesliga debut on 27 October 2012 as a late substitute against Hoffenheim. He scored four goals in 27 league appearances for Mainz.

neg: John Parker (captain) John Parker as a symbol of their motto, "Twice the Citizen". Though no image of Parker exists, the 'only official logo of the United States Army Reserve" is referred to as "The John Parker". John Parker (captain) John Parker (July 13, 1729 – September 17, 1775) was an American colonial farmer, mechanic, soldier, and colonial militia officer who commanded the Lexington, Patriot, colonial militia at the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775. John Parker was born in Lexington, Massachusetts to Josiah Parker and Anna Stone. He was a descendant of Deacon Thomas Parker, founder of Reading, Massachusetts. John Parker

neg: History of the board game Monopoly to Waddingtons was renegotiated (as was the Clue/Cluedo license to Parker Brothers/General Mills by Waddingtons). By 1974, Parker Brothers had sold 80 million sets of the game. In 1975, another anniversary edition was produced, but this edition came in a cardboard box looking much like a standard edition. Parker Brothers was under management by General Mills as the first six Monopoly Tournaments were held. See "The "Monopoly" Tournaments" below. Kenner was combined with Parker Brothers and spun off as Kenner Parker Toys in 1985. Regular and Deluxe 50th Anniversary editions of "Monopoly" were released that same year. The spinoff game

neg: Charlotte Parker for The Bruce Lee Foundation and Operation Unity. Parker is married to Joel Parker, who is her partner at Parker Communications, and has a daughter, Ruth Parker, who is the CEO of Class Me Up, an online fashion boutique. She resides in Encino, California. Charlotte Parker Charlotte Parker (born in Vienna, Austria) is the founder of Parker Communications, a full-service boutique media company that includes Parker Public Relations. She has guided the public images of over 200 celebrities, politicians, executives and corporations. As an expert media analyst and image consultant Parker has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Court TV and the

neg: John Palmer Parker (rancher) John Palmer Parker (rancher) John Palmer Parker (May 1, 1790 – August 20, 1868) was the founder of the Parker Ranch on the island of Hawaii in Hawaii. John Palmer Parker was born May 1, 1790 in Newton, Massachusetts. His father was Samuel Parker (1742–1822) and mother was Ann Palmer Parker (1753–1841). Parker arrived in Hawaii around 1809 by jumping off of a ship. John Parker came to the attention of King Kamehameha I, the chief who united the eight separate islands into the Kingdom of Hawaii, and was given important tasks by the king. John traveled to China during

neg: Sloan–Parker House that the Parker family sold farm goods to Confederate forces as well. One of the Parker brothers, Benjamin Parker, married Isabel "Belle" Parker and they had two sons together: Renick Seymour Parker, who died at the age of 27 years, and John Henry Parker, Sr., who married Eleanor DuBois Johnson. She had the wooden frame section added to the Stone House around 1900, at which time the Sloan–Parker House took its current form. After Eleanor Parker died, her husband John Henry, Sr., married Kate Parker. The Sloan–Parker House occasionally served as a polling place for the Junction community after 1900,

neg: John Parker (captain) John Parker (captain) John Parker (July 13, 1729 – September 17, 1775) was an American colonial farmer, mechanic, soldier, and colonial militia officer who commanded the Lexington, Patriot, colonial militia at the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775. John Parker was born in Lexington, Massachusetts to Josiah Parker and Anna Stone. He was a descendant of Deacon Thomas Parker, founder of Reading, Massachusetts. John Parker was also the grandfather of reformer and abolitionist Theodore Parker. John Parker's experience as a soldier in the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War), at the Siege of Louisbourg, and the conquest of

neg: John Palmer Parker (rancher) Kingdom in 1873. Grandson Samuel became more active in politics, so after John II's death Alfred Wellington Carter became ranch manager. John Palmer Parker (rancher) John Palmer Parker (May 1, 1790 – August 20, 1868) was the founder of the Parker Ranch on the island of Hawaii in Hawaii. John Palmer Parker was born May 1, 1790 in Newton, Massachusetts. His father was Samuel Parker (1742–1822) and mother was Ann Palmer Parker (1753–1841). Parker arrived in Hawaii around 1809 by jumping off of a ship. John Parker came to the attention of King Kamehameha I, the chief who united the

neg: Ed Parker Ed Parker Edmund Kealoha "Ed" Parker (March 19, 1931 – December 15, 1990) was an American martial artist, Senior Grandmaster, and founder of American Kenpo Karate. Born in Hawaii, Parker began training in judo at an early age and later studied boxing. During the 1940s, Parker was introduced to Kenpō by Frank Chow, who then introduced Parker to William Chow, a student of James Mitose. Parker trained with William Chow while serving in the Coast Guard and attending Brigham Young University, and in 1953 he was promoted to the rank of black belt. Parker, seeing that modern times posed new

neg: Madi Bacon Madi Bacon Maria "Madi" Helen Bacon (1906–2001) was the founder of the San Francisco Boys Chorus (SFBC). The SFBC was the first boys’ repertory chorus in the nation. Bacon served at the conductor and music director of the group until her retirement in 1972. Bacon was the daughter of Charles Bacon and Marie Francisca Emile von Rosthorn. She had four older brothers, one of which died in infancy. One of her brothers was Ernst Bacon, a Pulitzer Prize–winning composer. Bacon’s mother Marie tutored her at home until she was 11. Bacon then attended the Francis W. Parker School in Chicago.

neg: Ed Parker and the Chinese methods he adopted and taught. Ed Parker Edmund Kealoha "Ed" Parker (March 19, 1931 – December 15, 1990) was an American martial artist, Senior Grandmaster, and founder of American Kenpo Karate. Born in Hawaii, Parker began training in judo at an early age and later studied boxing. During the 1940s, Parker was introduced to Kenpō by Frank Chow, who then introduced Parker to William Chow, a student of James Mitose. Parker trained with William Chow while serving in the Coast Guard and attending Brigham Young University, and in 1953 he was promoted to the rank of black

neg: History of the board game Monopoly were owned, and included "chips" to indicate improvements on properties. Magie again approached Parker Brothers about her game, and George Parker again declined, calling the game "too political". Parker is, however, credited with urging Magie to take out her 1924 patent. After the Thuns learned the game, they began teaching its rules to their fraternity brothers at Williams College around 1926. Daniel W. Layman, in turn, learned the game from the Thun brothers (who later tried to sell copies of the game commercially, but were advised by an attorney that the game could not be patented, as they were not

neg: George Swinnerton Parker company continued to grow throughout the next several decades, producing such lasting games as "Clue", "Risk", and "Sorry!". Parker died in Boston, Massachusetts. He was buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem. George Swinnerton Parker George Swinnerton Parker (12 December 1866 – 26 September 1952) was an American game designer and businessman who founded Geo. S. Parker Co. and Parker Brothers. Parker was born in Salem, Massachusetts. Parker's philosophy deviated from the prevalent theme of board game design; he believed that games should be played for enjoyment and did not need to emphasize morals and values. He published his first

neg: Candace Parker older brothers: Anthony Parker, who is a former NBA basketball player, and Marcus Parker, who is a doctor. Parker and her family moved to Naperville, Illinois at the age of two, where she spent her childhood and adolescent years before college. Her whole family loved basketball, and she began playing at an early age. Her father played basketball at the University of Iowa in the 1970s. The Parker family were also huge Chicago Bulls fans. Candace was worried about playing basketball, fearing she would not live up to the level of play her father and brother demonstrated, so she focused

neg: Ivor Parker Ivor Parker Ivor Parker (born 6 May 1952) was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and left-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Cambridgeshire. He was born in Hilton. Parker, who played club cricket for Hilton, Papworth, Huntington & District, and Ramsey Cricket Club, made his cricketing debut for Cambridgeshire in 1978. He made a single List A appearance for the side, during the 1982 NatWest Trophy, against Warwickshire. From the lower order, he scored 2 runs with the bat. He bowled 12 overs in the match, conceding 55 runs. Parker's brothers, Robin and Vince Parker, both played in

neg: Thomas Parker (minister) Thomas Parker (minister) Thomas Parker (1595–1677) was an English nonconforming clergyman and a founder of Newbury, Massachusetts. Parker was born at Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire, the only son of the Revd. Robert Parker, M.A. and Dorothy Stevens. He received his schooling from his uncle William Noyes of Cholderton, Wiltshire, 'perhaps a godly, but a very severe master', who prepared him successfully for a University education. Following his father's departure into the Netherlands as a religious exile, Thomas matriculated sizar at Trinity College, Dublin at Michaelmas 1610. There he came to the attention of James Ussher, who, finding him a promising

neg: Daniel Parker (Baptist) Daniel Parker (Baptist) Daniel Parker (January 29, 1781 – December 3, 1844) was an early American leader in the Primitive Baptist Church in the Southern United States and the founder of numerous churches including Pilgrim Primitive Baptist Church at Elkhart, Texas, the location of the Parker family cemetery. As an elder, Parker led a group who separated from that church and formed the Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists. Parker is one of the earliest documented proponents of the doctrine of Serpent Seed among Protestant Christianity. Daniel Parker was born on April 6, 1781, in Culpeper County, Virginia. He was the oldest son

neg: History of the board game Monopoly Other agreements were reached on "Big Business" by Transogram, and "Easy Money" by Milton Bradley, based on Daniel Layman's "Finance". Another clone, called "Fortune", was sold by Parker Brothers, and became combined with "Finance" in some editions. "Monopoly" was first marketed on a broad scale by Parker Brothers in 1935. A Standard Edition, with a small black box and separate board, and a larger Deluxe Edition, with a box large enough to hold the board, were sold in the first year of Parker Brothers' ownership. These were based on the two editions sold by Darrow. Parker Brothers sets were the

neg: Carl Person "The Truman Show" was essentially similar to "Frank's Life", which appeared in a New York theatre several years before. In another case, Thee v. Parker Brothers, Inc., Eastern District of New York, Index No. 75–1554, commenced about 15 years after the game "Artifax" was first submitted to Parker Brothers by artist Christian Thee, Person obtained a jury verdict for Thee holding that he had been allegedly defrauded by Parker Brothers' publication of the game "Masterpiece". When Ralph Anspach invented a game he called "Anti-Monopoly", Parker Brothers charged that it infringed on their copyright and trademark for their game Monopoly, and

neg: Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers was an American toy and game manufacturer which later became a brand of Hasbro. More than 1,800 games were published under the Parker Brothers name since 1883. Among its products were "Monopoly", "Cluedo" (licensed from the British publisher and known as "Clue" in North America), "Sorry!", "Risk", "Trivial Pursuit", "Ouija", "Aggravation", "Bop It", and "Probe". The trade name became defunct with former products being marketed under the "Hasbro Gaming" label. However, in 2017, Hasbro revived the brand with the release of several new games which bear similarities with those of some of its previous better well

neg: George Swinnerton Parker George Swinnerton Parker George Swinnerton Parker (12 December 1866 – 26 September 1952) was an American game designer and businessman who founded Geo. S. Parker Co. and Parker Brothers. Parker was born in Salem, Massachusetts. Parker's philosophy deviated from the prevalent theme of board game design; he believed that games should be played for enjoyment and did not need to emphasize morals and values. He published his first game, "Banking", in 1883 at the age of 16. "Banking" is a game in which players borrowed money from the bank and tried to generate wealth by guessing how well they could

neg: History of the board game Monopoly as a game called "Inflation", designed by Rudy Copeland and published by the Thomas Sales Co., in Fort Worth, Texas, also came to the attention of Parker Brothers management in the 1930s, after they began sales of "Monopoly". Copeland continued sales of the latter game after Parker Brothers attempted a patent lawsuit against him. Parker Brothers held the Magie and Darrow patents, but settled with Copeland rather than going to trial, since Copeland was prepared to have witnesses testify that they had played "Monopoly" before Darrow's "invention" of the game. The court settlement allowed Copeland to license Parker Brothers' patents.

neg: Sean Parker Axios, Parker expressed concerns about the role of Facebook in society, saying that it "exploit[s] a vulnerability in human psychology" as it creates a "social-validation feedback loop". Parker stated that he was "something of a conscientious objector" to using social media. While working at Founders Fund, Parker had been looking to invest in a company that could further Napster's music sharing mission legally. In 2009 a friend showed him Spotify, a Swedish streaming music service, and Parker sent an email to Spotify's founder Daniel Ek. The pair traded emails, and in 2010 Parker invested US$15 million in Spotify. Parker, who

neg: Nathaniel Parker Nathaniel Parker Nathaniel Parker (born 18 May 1962) is an English stage and screen actor best known for playing the lead in the BBC crime drama series "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries", and Agravaine de Bois in the fourth series of "Merlin". Nathaniel Parker was born in London, the youngest son of the businessman and one-time British Rail chairman Sir Peter Parker and Jillian, a GP and gardener, who wrote "The Purest of Pleasures: Creation of a Romantic Garden". He has two older brothers, Alan, chairman of Brunswick Group, and Oliver, a film director, and a sister, Lucy. Parker joined the

neg: Eleanor Parker Eleanor Parker Eleanor Jean Parker (June 26, 1922 – December 9, 2013) was an American actress who appeared in some 80 movies and television series. An actress of notable versatility, she was called "Woman of a Thousand Faces" by Doug McClelland, author of a biography of Parker by the same title. At age 18, Parker was signed by Warner Brothers in 1941. She was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress in the 1950s, for "Caged" (1950), "Detective Story" (1951) and "Interrupted Melody" (1955). Her role in "Caged" also won her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress

neg: Frank Parker wardrobe. His wife died in 1971 and in 1979 Parker retired from his position of salesman for a corrugated box company. Frank Parker Frank Andrew Parker (born Franciszek Andrzej Pajkowski, January 31, 1916 – July 24, 1997), was a World No. 1 American male tennis player of Polish immigrant parents who was active in the 1930s and 1940s. He won four Grand Slam singles titles as well as three doubles titles. He was coached by Mercer Beasley. Parker was born on January 31, 1916, in Milwaukee, as Franciszek Andrzej Pajkowski and had three brothers and a sister. He learnt to

neg: Atlantic City, New Jersey After she arrived, Hoskins made a new board with Atlantic City street names, and taught it to a group of friends, who ultimately passed in on to Charles Darrow, who made some modifications to the game and claimed it as his own invention. Marvin Gardens, the leading yellow property on the board, is actually a misspelling of the original location name, "Marven Gardens". The misspelling was said to have been introduced by Charles Todd and passed on when his home-made "Monopoly" board was copied by Charles Darrow and thence Parker Brothers. It was not until 1995 that Parker Brothers acknowledged

neg: Matthew Parker is sometimes said to have led to his being called "nosey Parker" and this to have been the source of the common English term describing someone who pokes their nose into other people's business. This has, however, no basis in fact. Matthew Parker Matthew Parker (6 August 1504 – 17 May 1575) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 until his death in 1575. He was also an influential theologian and arguably the co-founder (with Thomas Cranmer and Richard Hooker) of a distinctive tradition of Anglican theological thought. Parker was one of the primary architects of the Thirty-nine Articles, the defining

neg: Thomas Parker (minister) a "Letter . . . touching sundry opinions by her professed and maintained", printed at London, 1650. She was his sister; her views were Fifth Monarchist. Thomas Parker (minister) Thomas Parker (1595–1677) was an English nonconforming clergyman and a founder of Newbury, Massachusetts. Parker was born at Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire, the only son of the Revd. Robert Parker, M.A. and Dorothy Stevens. He received his schooling from his uncle William Noyes of Cholderton, Wiltshire, 'perhaps a godly, but a very severe master', who prepared him successfully for a University education. Following his father's departure into the Netherlands as a

neg: Sean Parker Two years after founding Plaxo, Parker was ousted by the company's financiers, Sequoia Capital and Ram Shriram, in an acrimonious exit that reportedly involved the investors hiring private investigators to follow him. In 2004 Parker saw a site called "The Facebook" on the computer of his roommate's girlfriend, who was a student at Stanford. Parker had experience in the social networking industry as an early advisor to Friendster and its founder, Jonathan Abrams, for which he was given a small amount of stock in 2003. Parker met with Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, and a few months later joined the

neg: Parker Bros. Parker Bros. Parker Bros (also known at various times as Parker Brothers Manufacturing Company, Parker Brothers Guns, and Parker Bros. Shotguns) was an American firearms firm, mostly producing shotguns from 1867 to 1942. During these years, approximately 242,000 guns were produced in various grades, and are widely considered the finest and most collectible American shotgun. All Parker guns are break-open style actions, most of which are side-by-side double barreled designs; the remainder are single barrel guns intended for use in trap shooting. For the first 20+ years of production, Parker Bros. used an exposed hammer design, but by 1888 the

neg: Edmund Parker, 4th Earl of Morley he rose to the rank of Captain, and was a Justice of the Peace for Devon. During the First World War, he served at the headquarters of XI Corps. The 4th Earl of Morley died unmarried on 10 October 1951, to be succeeded by his younger brother Montagu Brownlow Parker, who also died unmarried in 1963. He was succeeded by the brothers' nephew, Lieutenant-Colonel John St Aubyn Parker. Edmund Parker, 4th Earl of Morley Edmund Robert Parker, 4th Earl of Morley JP (19 April 1877 – 10 October 1951), styled Viscount Boringdon from his birth until 1905, was a British

neg: Peter Thiel crisis. In his book "The Facebook Effect", David Kirkpatrick outlines how Thiel came to make this investment: Napster co-founder Sean Parker, who at the time had assumed the title of "President" of Facebook, was seeking investors for Facebook. Parker approached Reid Hoffman, the CEO of work-based social network LinkedIn. Hoffman liked Facebook but declined to be the lead investor because of the potential for conflict of interest with his duties as LinkedIn CEO. Thus, Hoffman directed Parker to Thiel, whom he knew from their PayPal days. Thiel met Parker and Mark Zuckerberg, the Harvard student who had founded Facebook. Thiel

neg: History of the board game Monopoly prices ranging from US$2 to US$25 in 1930s money. After Parker Brothers began to release its first editions of the game, Elizabeth Magie Phillips was profiled in the Washington D.C. "Evening Star" newspaper, which discussed her two editions of "The Landlord's Game". In December 1936, wary of the Mah-Jongg and Ping-Pong fads that had left unsold inventory stuck in Parker Brothers' warehouse, George Parker ordered a stop to "Monopoly" production as sales leveled off. However, during the Christmas season, sales picked up again, and continued a resurgence. In early 1937, as Parker Brothers was preparing to release the board game

neg: Christian Brothers' College, Boksburg today. The school was run by Christian Brothers who taught the pupils of the school but in recent years the brothers have been replaced by lay teachers, i.e. teachers who are not members of a religious order. The school is deeply influenced by the ideals of Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, the founder of the Christian Brothers. As a school which was started by the SA Christian Brothers almost 80 years ago in the spirit of Edmund Rice, founder of the Christian Brothers’ Schools (1803) the school holds to the tenets upon which the first Christian Brothers’ school was founded. This

neg: Jay S. Walker the book "1000 Ways to Win Monopoly Games," with future Cornell president Jeffrey S. Lehman. This drew the ire of Parker Brothers, who threatened legal action and denied Walker admission to its sanctioned Monopoly tournaments. This in turn led Walker to join forces with Ralph Anspach, the inventor of Anti-Monopoly, who was also engaged in a legal battle with Parker Brothers. In 1992 Walker and Michael Loeb co-founded New Sub Services, today known as Synapse Group, a company that used the credit card network to process magazine subscriptions. By 1998 Synapse had sold 30 million magazine subscriptions, with sales approaching

neg: George Wells Parker the involvement of these two groups. In 1922, Parker moved to Chicago to pursue "Newspaper and magazine work" and died there almost a decade later, leaving a wife, two brothers and two sisters. He is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha. George Wells Parker George Wells Parker (September 18, 1882 – July 28, 1931) was an African-American political activist and writer who co-founded the Hamitic League of the World. His parents were born in Virginia and South Carolina, and his family moved to Omaha when Parker was young. He attended Creighton University and later graduated from Harvard University, one

neg: James Parker Smith Frederick Orpen Bower, Ralph Allan Sampson, Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker and Sir James A. Ewing. He died at the Brook's Club in London on 30 April 1929. In 1882 he was married to Mary Louisa Hamilton. They were parents to Archibald Colin Hamilton Parker Smith, 5th laird of Jordanhill, and Wilmot Babington Parker Smith. His brothers included Arthur Hamilton Smith, Henry Babington Smith, Lt Commander Charles Stewart Smith and Rev Walter Edward Smith. James Parker Smith The Right Hon. James Parker Smith of Jordanhill MP FRSE (1854–1929) was a Scottish barrister and politician who served as Liberal Unionist MP for

neg: Daniel Parker (Baptist) state. He died December 3, 1844 at the age of 63 and was buried in the Pilgrim Cemetery in Elkhart, Texas; his wife Patsy survived him by less than two years and is buried with him. Daniel Parker (Baptist) Daniel Parker (January 29, 1781 – December 3, 1844) was an early American leader in the Primitive Baptist Church in the Southern United States and the founder of numerous churches including Pilgrim Primitive Baptist Church at Elkhart, Texas, the location of the Parker family cemetery. As an elder, Parker led a group who separated from that church and formed the Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit

neg: Frank Parker Frank Parker Frank Andrew Parker (born Franciszek Andrzej Pajkowski, January 31, 1916 – July 24, 1997), was a World No. 1 American male tennis player of Polish immigrant parents who was active in the 1930s and 1940s. He won four Grand Slam singles titles as well as three doubles titles. He was coached by Mercer Beasley. Parker was born on January 31, 1916, in Milwaukee, as Franciszek Andrzej Pajkowski and had three brothers and a sister. He learnt to play tennis at age 10, hitting discarded tennis balls at the Milwaukee Town Club. There he was discovered by the club

neg: Celia Parker Woolley Celia Parker Woolley Celia Parker Woolley (June 14, 1848 – March 9, 1918) was an American novelist, Unitarian minister and social reformer. She also served as a president of the Chicago Woman's Club and the founder of the Frederick Douglass Woman's Club. She was born Celia Parker on June 14, 1848, in Toledo, Ohio. She moved to Coldwater, Michigan when she was young. She later graduated from Coldwater Female Seminary and, in 1868, she was married to dentist J. H. Woolley, and in 1876 moved to Chicago. The couple had one child who died in adolescence. Woolley began studies for

neg: Brad Parker (rugby league) lateral meniscus tear suffered in the loss at Leichhardt Oval. Parker sat out for the rest of the season with the injury. At the of the 2017 season parker played 4 games scoring 1 try with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. Brad Parker (rugby league) Brad Parker (born 19 February 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. He plays as a and . Born in the Northern Beaches Sydney, New South Wales, Parker played his junior rugby league for the Manly Christian Brothers, before being signed

neg: Deborah Parker board member after eight months of supporting the group. She was initially drawn to the organization because of the work it did and the dedication of its founder. From 2014 to 2017, Parker served as a trustee board member for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. In October 2017, Parker was selected by Marysville School District to serve as its director of Equity, Diversity, and Indian Education and continues to do so Parker lives in Tulalip, Washington, where she is a mother to three children and two stepchildren and is married to documentary filmmaker Myron Dewey (who

neg: Marven Gardens version of the "Monopoly" game board, although the game misspelled the name as "Marvin" Gardens. The misspelling was introduced by Charles and Olive Todd, who taught the game to Charles Darrow, its eventual patentee. His homemade "Monopoly" board was copied by Parker Brothers. In 1995 Parker Brothers acknowledged this mistake and formally apologized to the residents of Marven Gardens for the misspelling. It is the only property on the board that is not located within Atlantic City. Marven Gardens Marven Gardens is a neighborhood in Margate City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, located two miles (3 km) south of

neg: Parker Brothers in 1934, they decided to publish it the next year. It was a success, and the company had difficulty keeping up with demand. The company continued to grow throughout the next several decades, producing such lasting games as "Cluedo" (released as "Clue" in North America), "Risk", and "Sorry!" Parker Brothers marketed its first jigsaw puzzle in 1887. The most highly sought of Parker puzzles are the wooden Parker Pastimes. Parker also produced children's puzzles, as well as the Climax, Jig-A-Jig, Jig Wood, and Paramount lines. According to "Jigsaw Puzzles: An Illustrated History and Price Guide", by Anne D. Williams, Parker

neg: History of the board game Monopoly Brothers worldwide rights and releasing Darrow from legal costs that would be incurred in defending the origin of the game. In December 1935, Parker Brothers sent a copy of the game to Victor Watson, Sr. of Waddington Games. Watson and his son Norman tried the game over a weekend, and liked it so much that Waddington took the (then extraordinary) step of making a transatlantic "trunk call" to Parker Brothers, the first such call made or received by either company. This impressed Parker Brothers sufficiently that Waddington was granted licensing rights for Europe and the then-British Commonwealth, excluding Canada. Waddingtons

neg: The Grape Escape The Grape Escape The Grape Escape is a board game released in 1992 by Parker Brothers (now Hasbro) and licensed by Rehtmeyer Inc.. The game was intended to entertain younger audiences of 5+ years old. The game was short-lived having only been available for one year. In 2010 Hasbro released a game called Smashed Potatoes with the same game play but with potatoes instead of grapes (probably because of Parker Brothers being part of Hasbro who owns the rights to Mr. Potato Head). However, Smashed Potatoes was eventually discontinued. The game consisted of playing pieces constructed of various colored "Grape

neg: Marlon Parker Marlon Parker Marlon Parker is the founder of Reconstructed Living Labs (RLabs) - a South African social entrepreneur who uses information communications technology (ICT) to empower communities, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and named by the Mail and Guardian as 1 of 300 young South Africans you have to take out to lunch. He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 2014. Parker is a former Lecturer at Cape Peninsula University of Technology and currently head of Mxit Reach, which is centered on using the innovative technology built by Mxit to create free mobile educational, health care, agricultural and

neg: Parker Palmer Parker Palmer Parker J. Palmer is an author, educator, and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change. He is the founder and Senior Partner Emeritus of the Center for Courage & Renewal. Parker Palmer was born in Chicago on February 28, 1939, and grew up in Wilmette and Kenilworth, Illinois. He studied philosophy and sociology at Carleton College, where he graduated in 1961 before going on to complete a Doctor of Philosophy degree in sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. After moving to the East Coast for a teaching position at Georgetown University,

neg: Table tennis the game played using the rather expensive Jaques's equipment, with other manufacturers calling it table tennis. A similar situation arose in the United States, where Jaques sold the rights to the "ping-pong" name to Parker Brothers. Parker Brothers then enforced its trademark for the term in the 1920s making the various associations change their names to "table tennis" instead of the more common, but trademarked, term. The next major innovation was by James W. Gibb, a British enthusiast of table tennis, who discovered novelty celluloid balls on a trip to the US in 1901 and found them to be ideal

neg: Parker House (Old Saybrook, Connecticut) space has been modernized, while the front rooms retain many original features. The house was built about 1679 by William Parker, one of the first settlers of Hartford, who arrived with Rev. Thomas Hooker in 1636. He soon moved further south to the Saybrook Colony, and probably built this house for his son Joseph. The house remained in the Parker family until the 1960s. A different William Parker was not a founder of the First Church of Christ Congregational in Old Saybrook, but became its Deacon in 1670. He represented the town at seven sessions of the general court. The

neg: Simon & Simon Rick, respectively. The special also featured the appearances of Paul Rudd, Gus van Sant, Megan Mullally, Paul Scheer, and Kathryn Hahn. Simon & Simon Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from 1981 to 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS, and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two disparate brothers who run a San Diego private detective agency. The show revolves around the decisively polar-opposite Simon brothers, Rick (McRaney) and Andrew Jackson/"A.J." (Parker). Rick is the less-refined, but still pleasant, United States Marine Corps Vietnam veteran with a penchant for cowboy boots, denim

neg: Parker Palmer Foundation, the Lilly Endowment and the Fetzer Institute. Palmer has been featured on the "On Being" podcast with Krista Tippet, and regularly contributes to the "On Being" blog. Parker Palmer Parker J. Palmer is an author, educator, and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change. He is the founder and Senior Partner Emeritus of the Center for Courage & Renewal. Parker Palmer was born in Chicago on February 28, 1939, and grew up in Wilmette and Kenilworth, Illinois. He studied philosophy and sociology at Carleton College, where he graduated in 1961 before going on

neg: The Landlord's Game copyright. Surviving copies of "The Landlord's Game" by Parker Brothers is considered by many the rarest of all 20th century board games. Parker Brothers pushed her game aside for Darrow's by 1936. Magie then did two interviews with copies of the original board with "The Washington Post" and "The Evening Star" to show that Darrow was not the inventor of the "Monopoly" game. In 1937, "Carnival" was published based on the 1904 version. Parker Brothers published their edition of the game in 1939. In a 2004 episode of PBS' "History Detectives" (title: "Monopoly; Japanese Internment Camp Artwork; The Lewis and

neg: Star Wars: Jedi Arena success, it sold well enough to encourage Parker Brothers to develop more "Star Wars" titles. In the December 11, 1982, issue of "Billboard", it was reported that Parker Brothers was developing its second game cartridge. Titled "Star Wars: Jedi Arena", the game was set for release the following month. During "Jedi Arena"s production, Parker Brothers relied upon an abstract approach to combat that took advantage of "the unique technologies and situations of the "Star Wars" universe". The game was programmed by Rex Bradford and inspired by one scene in "Star Wars" in which Luke Skywalker defends himself from the Seeker

neg: Parker Brothers wrote all the rules. Many games were based on important events of the day: "Klondike" was based on the Alaskan gold rush, and "War in Cuba" was based on the impending Spanish–American War. The game industry was growing, and the company was becoming very profitable. In 1906, Parker Brothers published the game "Rook", their most successful card game to this day, and it became the best-selling game in the country. During the Great Depression, a time when many companies went out of business, Parker Brothers released a new board game called "Monopoly". Although the company had originally rejected the game

neg: History of the board game Monopoly reversed. The case was then appealed by General Mills/Parker Brothers to the United States Supreme Court, which decided not to hear the case in February 1983, and denied a petition for rehearing in April. This allowed the appeals court's decision to stand and further allowed Anspach to resume publication of his game. With the trademark nullified, the name "Monopoly" entered the public domain, where the naming of games was concerned, and a profusion of non-Parker-Brothers variants were published. Parker Brothers and other firms lobbied the United States Congress and obtained a revision of the trademark laws. The case was finally

neg: History of the board game Monopoly backyard pits, on the ceiling in a University of Michigan dormitory room, and underwater. In 1965, a 30th anniversary set was produced in a special plastic case. Parker Brothers was acquired by General Mills in February 1968. The first "Monopoly" edition in Braille is published in 1973. Also in 1973, as the Atlantic City Commissioner of Public Works considered name changes for Baltic and Mediterranean Avenues, fans of the board game, with support from the president of Parker Brothers, successfully lobbied for the city to keep the names. After Parker Brothers was taken over by General Mills, the Monopoly license

neg: Sloan–Parker House the Stone House and of surrounding land to brothers John Peyton Parker, Benjamin Parker, and William Parker on December 29, 1854, for $4,000. Following its acquisition by the Parker brothers, the Stone House continued as the center of a large farm. Because of its convenient location along the Northwestern Turnpike, the house served as a regional stagecoach stop and local polling place. From the early 19thcentury until the completion of the Hampshire Southern Railroad to Petersburg in 1910, this stretch of the Northwestern Turnpike between Romney and Junction was part of a major north–south transportation route connecting Cumberland and Romney

neg: Make-A-Million Make-A-Million Make-a-Million is a card game created by Parker Brothers. It was copyrighted in 1934 and released to the public in 1935. The game was first released in Salem, Massachusetts, and then to New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, and Atlanta. The original game was designed for four players, with a three-player option with a dummy hand. Later, Parker Brothers adapted the game to accommodate six or eight players. The game enjoyed popularity through the 1930s into the 1950s. Major printings occurred in 1934, 1935, and 1945, with the last printing from Parker Brothers in 1957. The card style was

neg: William Parker Snow but a series of delays, ill-health and inadequate funds saw the expedition abandoned early in 1862, before it could leave Liverpool. Parker Snow then proposed another overland expedition from Canada and travelled to New York, where he was soon in contact with Charles Francis Hall, who had been exploring the Canadian Arctic in much the way Parker Snow had earlier planned. They planned another expedition while Parker Snow edited Hall's account of his expedition "Arctic Researches and Life Amongst the Esquimaux" for the publishers Harper Brothers. Lack of finances and disagreements between the two men saw their expedition with its

neg: Wes Parker (footballer) side Horsham, Parker signed a contract with Horsham's league rivals Wealdstone. He has since been made captain of the team, leading his team to victories against Barrow and Cambridge in the FA Trophy 2011–12 as Wealdstone made a run to the semi-finals of the competition only to lose to Newport county 3–1. Parker made his 100th appearance for Wealdstone on 23 October 2012 in a Middlesex Charity Cup tie against Bedfont & Feltham. Parker is the eldest of three brothers who have all played football but he is the only to have spent time as a full professional. Liam was

neg: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Ewok Adventure "Ewok Adventure" is currently known to exist. Because the game's controls were more complex than had been the norm on console games at the time, Parker Brothers persuaded designer Larry Gelberg to change the controls to a more common 8-direction lay-out. However, Gelberg was convinced of the abilities of the game's potential players, prompting Parker Brothers to shut the project down. Larry Gelberg gave the only known prototype of the game to his colleague's son in 1997, who later sold the game for $1,680. In "Ewok Adventure", the player takes the role of an Ewok in the hang glider corps

neg: History of the board game Monopoly general book about toys even as recently as 2007. Even a guide to family games published for "Reader's Digest" in 2003 only gave credit to Darrow and Elizabeth Magie, erroneously stating that Magie's original game was created in the 19th century, and not acknowledging any of the game's development between Magie's creation of the game, and the eventual publication by Parker Brothers. Also in the 1970s, Professor Ralph Anspach, who had himself published a board game intended to illustrate the principles of both monopolies and trust busting, fought Parker Brothers and its then parent company, General Mills, over the copyright

neg: Charles Parker (detective) Mary's money was placed into a trust fund, administered by her brothers on behalf of her children, from which she gets every three months a sum equal to that earned by her husband in the same period. Mary, once an outspoken left-winger embarrassed by her aristocratic status, is quite happy with the arrangement. In "The Nine Tailors", Parker once again assists a county police force, this time the Lincolnshire Constabulary, in Wimsey's investigation into the case of an unlawfully buried body. One suspect is a former burglar from London; two other suspects (who are brothers) flee to London or attempt

neg: Cheap Seats (TV series) Cheap Seats (TV series) Cheap Seats without Ron Parker, or "Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker" commonly shortened to Cheap Seats, is a television program broadcast on ESPN Classic and hosted by brothers Randy and Jason Sklar. The brothers appear as fictional ESPN tape librarians who amuse themselves by watching old, campy sports broadcasts and lampooning them. Produced by Mark Shapiro, Showrunner, Todd Pellegrino, James Cohen and Joseph Maar, "Cheap Seats" was originally an hour-long program. There were eight one hour-long episodes in the first season, all of which were edited to fit a 30-minute time slot. A number of actors

neg: Parker Brothers and "", and more. In early 1983, Parker Brothers spent US$15 million establishing a book publishing branch; their first titles featured the American Greetings franchises, Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake. The branch published twelve titles by February 1984; sales of these books totalled 3.5 million units. Parker Brothers also operated a record label around the same time; one of its releases, based on Coleco's Cabbage Patch Kids and involving Tom and Stephen Chapin titled "Cabbage Patch Dreams", was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in July 1984. In 1985, General Mills merged the company with their

neg: Soma cube 1967, it was marketed in the U.S. for several years by the game manufacturer Parker Brothers. Plastic Soma cube sets were also commercially produced by Parker Brothers in several colors (blue, red, and orange) during the 1970s. The package for the Parker Brothers version claimed there were 1,105,920 possible solutions. This figure includes rotations and reflections of each solution as well as rotations of the individual pieces. The puzzle is currently sold as a logic game by ThinkFun (formerly Binary Arts) under the name Block by Block. Solving the Soma cube has been used as a task to measure individuals'

neg: Charles Darrow into smaller sets, sold in black cardboard boxes, with boards sold separately from the sets. After Darrow started to take orders from other Philadelphia department stores, Parker Brothers reconsidered. Parker Brothers negotiated the rights from Darrow to produce the game in large scale. Darrow sought and received on the game in 1935, which Parker Brothers acquired. Within a year, 20,000 sets of the game were being produced every week. "Monopoly" ended up being the best-selling board game in America that year, and it made Darrow the first millionaire game designer in history. Darrow was later promoted as the sole inventor

neg: Edward Lutwyche Parker USS Galenia in Key West, Florida, in 1887. Adm. Luce's grandson was Maj. Stephen Henley Noyes US Army pioneer aviator and photographer. Major Noyes was a descendant of Rev James Noyes Jr., a co-founder and trustee of Yale College. Major Noyes was a 6x great grandson of Rhode Island Gov. Benedict Arnold. Commodore Matthew C. Perry, military founder of Key West, Florida, was a 4x great-grandson of Gov. Benedict Arnold. Parker died in Derry, New Hampshire, 14 July 1850. Parker published ten sermons, and left a "History of Londonderry", which was printed, with a memoir (Boston, 1851). Edward Lutwyche Parker

neg: James Ervan Parker where he showcases the talent of songwriters from Los Angeles; Canada; Georgia; Nashville, Tennessee; Muscle Shoals, Alabama; and surrounding areas. This monthly event with a dinner-theater atmosphere lets people listen to songs and the stories behind them from the people who wrote them. James Ervan Parker James Ervan "Jim" Parker (born December 21, 1942 in La Habra, California) is an American singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Huntsville, Alabama sub-chapter of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. Parker lives in Madison, Alabama, his home since 1985. Parker received his first guitar from Jimmy Gilmer of The Fireballs in 1961. At the time

neg: Simon & Simon Simon & Simon Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from 1981 to 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS, and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two disparate brothers who run a San Diego private detective agency. The show revolves around the decisively polar-opposite Simon brothers, Rick (McRaney) and Andrew Jackson/"A.J." (Parker). Rick is the less-refined, but still pleasant, United States Marine Corps Vietnam veteran with a penchant for cowboy boots, denim and four-wheel drive pickups. However, A.J. Simon, a college graduate with a Wall Street look, is a polished fellow with a

neg: Brad Parker (rugby league) Brad Parker (rugby league) Brad Parker (born 19 February 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. He plays as a and . Born in the Northern Beaches Sydney, New South Wales, Parker played his junior rugby league for the Manly Christian Brothers, before being signed by the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. In 2015 and 2016, Parker played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles' NYC team. On 18 August 2015, he re-signed with the Sea Eagles on a 2-year contract until the end of 2017. In round

neg: USS Parker (DD-48) & Sons of Philadelphia which laid down her keel on 11 March 1912. On 8 February 1913, "Parker" was launched by sponsor Mrs. Henry W. Hand, wife of the vice president of the Cramp shipyard. The ship was the first U.S. Navy vessel to be named for Foxhall A. Parker, Jr., a U.S. Navy officer who served in the American Civil War, and as Superintendent of United States Naval Academy; he was also a co-founder of the United States Naval Institute. As built, the destroyer was in length, abeam, and drew . The ship had a standard displacement of and

neg: History of the board game Monopoly the facts about the game's history and differed from Parker Brothers' "official" account. The court also upheld a "purchasing motivation" test (described in the decision as a "Genericness Doctrine"), a "test by which the trademark was valid only if consumers, when they asked for a "Monopoly" game, meant that they wanted Parker Brothers' version..." This had the effect of potentially nullifying the "Monopoly" trademark, and the court returned the case to Judge Williams. Williams heard the case again in 1980, and in 1981 he again held for Parker Brothers. Anspach appealed again, and in August 1982 the appeals court again

neg: Uncle Wiggily (board game) first and favorite games of childhood, and, with "Candy Land", is considered a classic juvenile American board game. Howard R. Garis created the character "Uncle Wiggily Longears" for a children's book in 1910. The game based on the children's story was first introduced by the Milton Bradley Company in 1916. Milton Bradley modified the game in 1923, 1949, and 1955. In 1947, the game cost $.67. Parker Brothers obtained the rights to "Uncle Wiggily" in 1967. However, in 1989 both Milton Bradley Company and Parker Brothers reintroduced different versions of the same game. Hasbro now owns both the Parker Brothers

neg: Charlie Parker York City, while watching "The Dorsey Brothers' Stage Show" on television. The official causes of death were lobar pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer, but Parker also had an advanced case of cirrhosis and had suffered a heart attack. The coroner who performed his autopsy mistakenly estimated Parker's 34-year-old body to be between 50 and 60 years of age. Since 1950, Parker had been living with Chan Berg, the mother of his son Baird (who lived until 2014) and his daughter Pree (who died at age 3). He considered Chan his wife although he never married her, nor did he divorce

neg: That's My Bush! Parker and Stone from including the Bush twins (Jenna Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush). The writers then turned the Bush twins character into Princess. "An Aborted Dinner Date" was the show's pilot episode. The episode features Felix the Fetus, which was made and operated by the Chiodo Brothers, who later worked with Parker and Stone on "" (2004). They also created the cat Punk'kin in "The First Lady's Persqueeter". The show's producers consider the second episode aired, "A Poorly Executed Plan", the "true" first episode. This was Parker and Stone's first live action production to be a part of the

neg: The Mansion of Happiness space remained through different lithographers until 1886. ELEVENTH EDITION: Parker Brothers published the eleventh edition in 1894. They continued to print this 1894 edition well into the early 1900s. TWELFTH EDITION: McLoughlin Brothers of New York published their own edition in 1895, using different lithographs from the 1894 Parker Brothers edition, both on the game box cover and game board. THIRTEENTH EDITION: In 1926, Parker Brothers Inc. republished "The Mansion of Happiness" in its original form, with minor modification to game spaces. The game included the circular end space introduced by J. Bufford in the third edition. This sixth edition

neg: Comstock Records radio charts. His song was given a B+ from "Cashbox" magazine, and "Billboard" magazine gave him a three star rating He made frequent appearances at the Phoenix Rock'n Roll club, Stage 7, and opened for artists such as Conway Twitty, Del Shannon and the Everly Brothers. He was also regularly featured on the local TV shows "Teen Beat" and The Wallace and Ladmo Show. As an adult he changed his last name to Fara and moved to California where he started a Country music band which began touring as The Frank Fara Show. Co-Founder Patty Parker grew up Shawnee, Kansas.

neg: John Parker Boyd brigade in winter camp at Salmon Creek, near Sodus Point, New York. After a half-hearted attack by Wilkinson at Lacolle Mill failed, Wilkinson blamed Boyd, and Boyd was moved into a rear-area assignment. He saw no further combat service, and in 1816 he published a defense of his actions. After leaving the Army in 1815, Boyd was involved in several business ventures, often in partnership with his brothers Ebenezer, Robert and Joseph. (Boyd's brother Joseph was Maine's first Treasurer.) He was a founder of the Maine towns of Orneville and Medford. In 1820 he was compensated by Britain for military

neg: Marlon Parker Independent Newspapers to promote active citizenship. Founded in August 2010, shortly after the historic 2010 Soccer World Cup, Lead SA was born to celebrate the achievements of the country while taking responsibility for its problems and challenges. Marlon Parker Marlon Parker is the founder of Reconstructed Living Labs (RLabs) - a South African social entrepreneur who uses information communications technology (ICT) to empower communities, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and named by the Mail and Guardian as 1 of 300 young South Africans you have to take out to lunch. He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 2014.

neg: Jennifer Rubio moved to New Jersey when she was seven years old. She grew up traveling, and lived in seven cities on three continents. When she was young, Rubio bought a lemonade stand from another child who lived on her street for $20 she borrowed from her father. She has called it her first merger and acquisition. In 2011, Rubio joined Warby Parker and led the company's early content and partnership work as its Head of Social Media. She met Away co-founder Stephanie Korey during her time at Warby Parker. In 2013, she left Warby Parker and went to London where she

neg: History of the board game Monopoly why Parker rejected Monopoly, but this has more recently been proven to be part of the Parker-invented "creation myth" surrounding the game. In early 1935, however, the company heard about the game's excellent sales during the Christmas season of 1934 in Philadelphia and at F.A.O. Schwarz in New York City. Robert Barton, President of Parker Brothers, contacted Darrow and scheduled a new meeting in New York City. On March 18, Parker Brothers bought Darrow's game, helped him take out a patent on it, and purchased his remaining inventory. By April, 1935, the company had learned that Darrow was not the

neg: Welburn, Kirkbymoorside 1800s, producing many descendants who contributed to the growth and prosperity of Yorkshire and beyond. Thomas Parker and Hannah Boyes produced five children: During the 1840s and 1850s, the three Parker brothers were tenant farmers on individual acreages and occupied adjacent homes in Welburn Village. They produced twelve sons and eight daughters in total. Thomas Parker and Jane Winspear's son, another Thomas Parker (1811–1897), married Jane Foxton and worked as a cattle jobber in nearby Wombleton. This couple produced seven sons and five daughters. Their move back to Welburn possibly coincided with the death of Thomas' father in 1853 and

neg: The Landlord's Game Magie for the Landlord Game. Adgame Company (Inc.) published "Landlord's Game and Prosperity" under this patent in 1932. Robert Baron had Parker Brothers design its own version, "Fortune", before negotiation to purchase her patents in case the discussion fell apart or she sold to another potential buyer, Dave Knapp, publisher of "Finance". Magie held the patent until 1935, when she sold it to Parker Brothers for $500. The company had recently started distributing "Monopoly", which it purchased from Charles Darrow who claimed to have invented it. The company only printed a very small run of the game to secure the

neg: Parker and Dunstan Hardware Building Parker and Dunstan Hardware Building The Parker and Dunstan Hardware Building, also known as the Dr. E. D. Lewis Building, was a commercial structure located at 129-133 West Main Street in Otisville, Michigan]. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Otisville was founded in the 1850s by Frances Otis and his two brothers, who moved to this area from Cleveland, Ohio and purchased 2000 acres of land. William Otis and T. D. Crocker platted the village in 1863, and attracted a number of settlers to the area. This building to the area by the mill

neg: Parker and Dunstan Hardware Building an unaltered commercial facade is rare. Parker and Dunstan Hardware Building The Parker and Dunstan Hardware Building, also known as the Dr. E. D. Lewis Building, was a commercial structure located at 129-133 West Main Street in Otisville, Michigan]. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Otisville was founded in the 1850s by Frances Otis and his two brothers, who moved to this area from Cleveland, Ohio and purchased 2000 acres of land. William Otis and T. D. Crocker platted the village in 1863, and attracted a number of settlers to the area. This building

neg: The Ring (South Park) The Ring (South Park) "The Ring" is the thirteenth season premiere of the American animated television series "South Park". The 182nd overall episode of the series, it first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 11, 2009. In the episode, Kenny and his new girlfriend are encouraged by the Jonas Brothers to wear purity rings, which is secretly a marketing tactic by Disney to sell sex to young girls. The episode was written and directed by series co-founder Trey Parker and is rated TV-MA-LS in the United States. It was the first "South Park" episode to premiere

neg: Eleanor P. Sheppard Eleanor P. Sheppard Eleanor Parker Sheppard (July 24, 1907 – March 13, 1991) was an American civic activist, housewife and Democratic politician who became the first woman to be elected to the city council of Richmond, Virginia, and later became her adopted city's first female mayor, then represented its citizens in the Virginia General Assembly for a decade. She helped create Virginia Commonwealth University. Born in Pelham, Mitchell County, Georgia, on July 24, 1907, the first-born child of John W. Parker and his wife, Eleanor Parker would eventually have two brothers and two sisters. She attended Limestone College in South

neg: Little Silver, New Jersey of a referendum held on April 28, 1923. Prior to the settlement of Europeans, the area that is now Little Silver was inhabited by the Navesink Native Americans. There are several tales of how Little Silver received its name. In one, brothers Joseph and Peter Parker, who settled in this area in 1667 and owned land bounded by Parker's Creek on the south and Little Silver Creek on the north, named their holdings "Little Silver" after their father's (George Parker) estate in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The original Parker Homestead, dating to 1725 and one of the state's oldest, was acquired

neg: Franklin Regular Baptist Church Franklin Regular Baptist Church Franklin Regular Baptist Church, also known simply as Franklin Baptist Church, is a historic church building located southeast of Seymour in rural Appanoose County, Iowa, United States. The white frame church is associated with the no longer extant village of Livingston and its founder Livingston Parker. Parker was an Upstate New York native who relocated to Ohio before homesteading in Appanoose County in 1854. The Baptist Society was formed in Franklin Township on April 12, 1862, in the home of Peter Angle. Livingston Parker served as moderator for most of the community's Covenant Meetings before he

neg: Parker, Pennsylvania Parker, Pennsylvania Parker is a city located in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is in the extreme northwestern portion of the county. The population was 840 at the 2010 census. The city was named for Judge John Parker, a lead surveyor of Lawrenceburg and founder/owner of Parker's Landing, the two villages combined to create Parker. Parker is sometimes referred to as the "Smallest City in the USA." Parker was incorporated as a city on March 1, 1873, by special state legislation in the midst of the northwestern Pennsylvania oil boom. The new municipality was called "Parker" and made up