Joseph Parsons

For the American criminal, see Joseph Mitchell Parsons.

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.[1]

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.[2]

Parsons died in 1951 and was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery.

A library at Perth Modern is named for Parsons.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.perthmodern.wa.edu.au/About/HistoryTradition/tabid/68/Default.aspx
  2. ↑ http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110153b.htm


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