Albert Parry (February 24, 1901 – May 4, 1992) was a

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n-born academic and historian. Albert Parry 1950

Overview

Parry, born Abraham Josipovich Paretsky in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, was professor of Russian civilization and language at Colgate University. After the Russian Revolution he became a sailor in the Russian Merchant Marine and emigrated in 1921 to the United States, settling in

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. There he wrote for periodicals. At the

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, he earned an A.B. in 1935, and his Ph.D. in history in 1938,''Directory of American Scholars'', 6th ed. (Bowker, 1974), Vol. I, p. 482. taught there briefly and at

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. He was editor of Consolidated Book Publishers during his in Chicago years and a research director of radio broadcasts for the

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. Parry founded Colgate University's Russian studies program, the first undergraduate program of its kind in America. In 1971, Parry retired from Colgate. He died in

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at age 91.

Selected publications

*Garrets and Pretenders: A History of Bohemianism in America (1933) *Tattoo: Secrets of a Strange Art as Practised among the Natives of the United States (1933) *Whistler's Father (1939) *The New Class Divided: Science and Technology versus Communism (1966) *The Russian Scientist (1973) *Terrorism: From Robespierre to Arafat (1976)

References

*Who's Who in America

External links

Find A Grave memorial for Albert Parry
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