Edward Abbott Parry
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England
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judge
Judge
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and dramatist.
Parry was born in London
London
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, the second son of a barrister
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, John Humphreys Parry. Parry himself studied at the Middle Temple
Middle Temple
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and was called to the Bar in 1885. He was Judge of Manchester
Manchester
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County Court
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1894-1911 and became Judge of Lambeth
Lambeth
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County Court in 1911. He wrote several plays and books for children.
Works
- 1888: (ed.) The Love Letters of Dorothy OsborneDorothy OsborneDorothy Osborne, Lady Temple was a British writer of letters and wife of Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet.-Life:Osborne was born at Chicksands Priory, Bedfordshire, England, the youngest of ten children born to a staunchly Royalist family. Her father was the nobleman Sir Peter Osborne, who was the...
to Sir William TempleWilliam TempleWilliam Temple may refer to:* William Temple * Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet , 17th century British politician, employer of Jonathan Swift...
, 1652-54. London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh - 1895: Katawampus, its Treatment and Cure. London: David Nutt (many later editions)
- Katawampus, its treatment and cure, and the First Book of Krab. Illustrated by Archie Macgregor, coloured by Cynthia Moon. Manchester: Sherratt & Hughes, 1921
- 1897: The First Book of Krab: Christmas stories for young and old; with illustrations by Archie MacGregor. London: David Nutt
- 1900: Don Quixote of the Mancha. Re-told by Judge Parry. Illustrated by Walter CraneWalter CraneWalter Crane was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most prolific and influential children’s book creator of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of...
. London: David Nutt - 1914: The Law and The Poor. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- 1923: The Seven Lamps of Advocacy. London: T. Fisher Unwin