Joseph Parsons
Australian educator
About Joseph Parsons
Lived 1876 – 1951 (aged 74–75).
Joseph Parsons (1876–1951) was a long-serving principal of Perth Modern School and an influential West Australian educator.
Parsons was principal for 27 years, from 1912 to 1939.
He was born in Moscow and emigrated to Australia from England in 1886. By 1901 he was a headmaster in the WA Goldfields town of Boulder, and impressed Cecil Andrews, and in 1905 was made head of Perth Boys School.
Parsons died in 1951 and was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery. A library and a House at Perth Modern is named for him.
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Who was Joseph Parsons?
Australian educator
When was Joseph Parsons born?
Joseph Parsons was born in 1876.
When did Joseph Parsons die?
Joseph Parsons died in 1951.
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