Parsons
Encyclopedia
Places
In the United States:- Parsons, CaliforniaParsons, CaliforniaParsons is a former settlement in Kern County, California. It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad northeast of Wible Orchard....
, a former settlement - Parsons, KansasParsons, KansasParsons is a city in the northern part of Labette County, located in Southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,500...
, a city - Parsons, TennesseeParsons, TennesseeParsons is a city in Decatur County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,373 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Parsons is located at ....
, a city - Parsons, West VirginiaParsons, West VirginiaThe town of Parsons is the county seat of Tucker County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 1,463 at the 2000 census. The mayor of Parsons is Dorothy Judy and the city administrator is Jason Myers...
, a town - Camp Parsons, a Boy Scout camp in the state of Washington
- Lake ParsonsLake ParsonsLake Parsons, is located in the state of Kansas. Located north on highway 59 and west on 20th road from the city of Parsons, Kansas, USA. Holds of water. public use surround the lake owned by the city of Parsons. Fishing, camping, picnicking, boating, and a gravel beach swimming area are...
, near Parsons, Kansas - Parsons FieldParsons FieldParsons Field is a 7,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Brookline, Massachusetts. It is home to the Northeastern University baseball, men's soccer, and women's soccer teams as well as the Brookline High School Warriors football team. Additionally, the stadium was the home of the Northeastern Huskies...
, a multi-purpose stadium in Brookline, Massachusetts - Parsons Memorial LodgeParsons Memorial LodgeThe Parsons Memorial Lodge is a small building built in 1915 by the Sierra Club at the northern end of Tuolumne Meadows of Yosemite National Park. It was one of the earliest structures built of stone in a National Park.-Memorial:...
, Yosemite National Park, California - Parsons PeakParsons PeakParsons Peak is a mountain in Yosemite National Park and the Cathedral Range of California's Sierra Nevada. The peak, located on the Madera–Tuolumne county border, rises to an elevation of . The mountain has a ridge extending northwest from the summit...
, a mountain in Yosemite National Park
In Canada:
- Parsons RoadParsons RoadParson Road is a major arterial road in south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It runs parallel with 91 Street through Edmonton's south industrial parks, then after crossing under Anthony Henday Drive, it meets up with 91 Street, and continues south into the developing Ellerslie area...
, Edmonton, Alberta
On the Moon:
- Parsons (crater)Parsons (crater)Parsons is an impact crater on the battered far side of the Moon. It is located to the west-northwest of the crater Krylov, and to the east of Moore. Parsons is roughly circular in shape and the rim has undergone some erosion. There is a smaller, cup-shaped crater laid across the southeastern rim,...
People
- Parsons (surname)Parsons (surname)Parsons as a surname has an occupational meaning, and refers to a parson's servant or a person that worked in the parson's house. Another meaning of the surname is the parson's son.Notable people with the surname of Parsons include:...
- Parsons BaronetsParsons BaronetsThere have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Parsons, two in the Baronetage of Ireland, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Only one creation is extant as of 2008....
, four baronetcies, two in Ireland, one in England, and one in the United Kingdom
Companies
- Parsons BrinckerhoffParsons BrinckerhoffParsons Brinckerhoff is a professional services firm with 14,000 employees in 150 offices providing construction and operation management, planning, design, engineering, program management, strategic consulting, environmental and sustainability services for clients and communities in the Americas,...
, engineering firm headquartered in New York City - Parsons CorporationParsons CorporationParsons Corporation is an engineering, construction, and technical and management services firm headquartered in Pasadena, California. Founded in 1944 by engineer Ralph M. Parsons, Parsons Corporation is currently one of the largest such companies in the United States, with revenues exceeding...
, engineering firm headquartered in Pasadena, California - Parsons Marine Steam Turbine CompanyParsons Marine Steam Turbine CompanyParsons Marine Steam Turbine Company was a British engineering company based in Wallsend, North England, on the River Tyne.-History:The company was founded by Charles Algernon Parsons in 1897 with £500,000 of capital, and specialised in building the steam turbine engines that he had invented for...
, company founded by Charles Parsons to build marine steam turbines - C. A. Parsons and CompanyC. A. Parsons and CompanyC. A. Parsons and Company was a British engineering firm which was once one of the largest employers on Tyneside.-History:The Company was founded by Charles Algernon Parsons in 1889 to produce turbo-generators, his own invention. At the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the company was producing...
, company founded by Charles Parsons to build turbo-generators - Parsons Dance CompanyParsons Dance Company-External links:*** accessed 23 June 2007**...
, based in New York City
Schools
- Parsons The New School for DesignParsons The New School for DesignParsons The New School For Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is the art and design college of The New School university. It is located in New York City's Greenwich Village, and has produced artists and designers such as Marc Jacobs, Dean and Dan Caten, Norman Rockwell, Donna Karan, Jane...
, New York City - Parsons CollegeParsons CollegeParsons College was a private liberal arts college in Fairfield, Iowa. The school, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, was founded in 1875 and closed in 1973....
, a college formerly located in Fairfield, Iowa, that closed in the 1970s
Other uses
- Parsons codeParsons codeThe Parsons code, formally named the Parsons Code for Melodic Contours, is a simple notation used to identify a piece of music through melodic motion—the motion of the pitch up and down. Denys Parsons developed this system for his 1975 book, The Directory of Tunes and Musical Themes...
, a system of notation used to identify a musical work - USS Parsons (DD-949)USS Parsons (DD-949)USS Parsons began her career as a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named in honor of Rear Admiral William S. Parsons , who worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II....
, a US Navy destroyer