Paul S. Parsons Papers

An educator and Trinity College alum, Paul S. Parsons was born on July 18, 1896, in Schuylerville, New York. He entered Trinity in 1914, but interrupted his education halfway through in 1917, after the U.S. joined World War I. He enlisted in the Field Artillery in August of that year, serving in England and France before being honorably discharged in February 1918. From there, he resumed attendance at Trinity, receiving his B.A. in 1920, and M.A. in English in 1924. During this time, he taught French at West Hartford High School from 1920-1921 and married Miriam Atwater Curtiss later that year. From 1921-1925, Parsons served as an instructor of English at Trinity, and from 1926-1931 as director of the Girls' Department at the Loomis Institute in Windsor, Connecticut (now known as the Loomis Chaffee School). Finally, he was employed in offices of the Connecticut State Employment Service, retiring as manager of the Meriden office in 1952. He died on March 9, 1970, in Wallingford, Connecticut at the age of 74. His writings and publications include Thomas Hardy, Poet: An Essay; Lavengro by George Barrow, edited by Parsons (N.Y.: Houghton and Mifflin, 1926); and General Language, co-author with Benjamin H. Sanborn (s. n., 1926).