(1867-1934)
Born Henry Taylor Parker in Boston, he dropped out of Harvard University because it then lacked courses in dramatic literature and instead worked as a journalist. He became New York correspondent for the Boston Transcript from 1892-1898, and again from 1901-1903. Parker reviewed drama for the New York Commercial Advertiser (1898-1900) and the New York Globe (1903-1905). In 1905, Parker began a long tenure as resident drama critic for the Boston Transcript, signing his reviews H. T. P. Widely considered a perceptive and fair-minded critic, Parker gained a reputation as one of the most distinguished critics of his era.
The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater. James Fisher.