American historian and scholar (died 1929)

Vernon Louis Parrington

Vernon Louis Parrington was an American literary historian, scholar, and college football coach. The first two volume's of his is three-volume history of American letters, Main Currents in American Thought, won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1928 and was one of the most influential books for American historians of its time. The third volume approximately half completed was completed by his associates and students after his sudden death in 1929. Parrington taught at the College of Emporia, the University of Oklahoma, and the University of Washington.

Born

1871

August 3

Died

1929

Era

1870s

Country

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Vernon, in brief

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1871 Born
1929 Died

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8 Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna.
435 Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
881 Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
908 Battle of Eisenach: An invading Hungarian force defeats an East Frankish army under Duke Burchard of Thuringia.

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The world in 1929

When Vernon departed

april 14 The inaugural Monaco Grand Prix takes place in the Principality of Monaco. William Grover-Williams wins driving a Bugatti Type 35.
april 6 Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
august 11 Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
august 16 The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.

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Also born in 1871

Clarence Hudson White 1871–1925 American photographer and educator (died 1925) Florence R. Sabin 1871– American medical scientist (died 1953) George Hirst 1871– English cricketer and coach (died 1954) James Craig 1871– 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (died 1940) Nicolae Iorga 1871–1940 Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (died 1940) Orville Wright 1871–1948 American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (died 1948) Winston Churchill 1871–1965 English statesman, soldier, and writer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)

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