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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Edwin Wallace Parker''' (January 21, 1833 – June 4, 1901) was an American [[American Methodist Episcopal Mission|Methodist Episcopal]] missionary bishop.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
He was born at [[St. Johnsbury, Vermont]]. He was educated at the [[St. Johnsbury Academy]] and at the General Biblical Institute at [[Concord, New Hampshire]], joining the [[Vermont]] Conference of his denomination in 1857.<br />
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In 1859 he sailed for [[India]] and spent the rest of his life there. He was stationed first in the [[Bijnor district]], and later he was for several years superintendent of the [[Moradabad]] mission schools. On the organization of the India Conference in 1864 he became presiding elder. In 1900 he was elected Missionary Bishop of Southern Asia.<br />
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[[Parker Intermediate College]], established in 1865-66, a prominent institute for education in Moradabad, was named after him.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{Cite Americana|wstitle=Parker, Edwin Wallace}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* J. H. Messmore. ''The Life of Edwin Wallace Parker'' (New York, 1903)<br />
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