Parks, William
Parks, William
(c. 1698–1750) printer, publisher; probably born in Shropshire, England. Emigrating to the U.S.A., he set up presses and founded papers in Virginia and Maryland, starting with the Maryland Gazette (1727). He was also a skilled typographer.The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.