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Gilbert Parker (Horatio Gilbert George Parker) was born on 30 June, 1862 in Camden East, Ontario, Canada, is a writer. Discover Gilbert Parker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

Popular As Horatio Gilbert George Parker
Occupation writer
Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 30 June 1862
Birthday 30 June
Birthplace Camden East, Ontario, Canada
Date of death 6 September, 1932
Died Place London, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canada

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His wife is Amy Eliza Van Tine (5 December 1895 - 1925) ( her death)

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1862

Sir Gilbert Parker--the popular Canadian novelist, short-story writer and poet who rose from backwoods obscurity to the seats of the mighty in the British Empire--was born on November 23, 1862, in Camden East, Addington, Ontario, to Royal Army Capt. J. Parker and his wife.

1867

Roberts, the first writer to express the new nationalism that resulted from the confederation of Britain's North American provinces into Canada in 1867.

1886

After attending school in Ottawa and matriculating at Toronto's Trinity University, Parker moved to Australia in 1886, serving as an associate editor on the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. His travels took him throughout the Pacific. Subsequently, after his return to Canada, he extensively journeyed through northern CanadaParker was a contemporary of the poet and short story writer Sir Charles G. D.

1889

Moving to England in 1889, he made his literary reputation with romantic novels and short stories "aboot" Canada, and with historical novels such as his 1896 depiction of the court of King Louis XV, "The Seats of the Mighty" (made into a film in 1914, The Seats of the Mighty (1914), starring Lionel Barrymore)).

1892

His finest works deal with French-Canadian life and history, such as "Pierre and His People" (1892) (dramatized on Broadway by Edgar Selwyn, and filmed in 1914 as Pierre of the Plains (1914), remade in 1942 as Pierre of the Plains (1942))).

1895

In 1895 Parker married a wealthy American heiress of New York's Van Tine family.

1898

Though he wrote of England and the Empire, starting in 1898 with "The Battle of the Strong," it is for his Canadian stories that he is still remembered into the 21st century, due to their high quality, fine descriptions and gripping drama.

1900

The short story collection published in 1900, "The Lane that had no Turning," contains some of his finest work, including the title story.

His politics were strongly imperial, and in 1900 he was elected to Parliament as a Conservative member for Gravesend on the Unionist ticket.

1902

Parker was knighted in 1902, and although he still kept writing, most of his energies became absorbed by politics.

1906

He would serve a total of 18 years in Parliament, being re-elected in 1906 and again in 1910. The quality of his literary output suffered from devoting so much energy to politics, but he was influential by investing the Imperialist movement with a great deal of enthusiasm. Parker cracked the top 10 best sellers list in the U. S. after becoming an M. P.

1907

, with "The Weavers", which ranked #2 in 1907 and #10 in 1908, and "The Judgement House," which made it to #7 in 1913.

1910

A champion of Imperial Preference Trade and Tariff Reform, his power in the House of Commons began to wax, and by 1910 he was a figure to be reckoned with. He was, according to political observers, one of the most powerful Unionist politicians not serving in the government.

1940

His contemporaries on the list included Winston Churchill (the American writer, not the English politician-writer who became Prime Minister in 1940), Edna Ferber and Booth Tarkington.

1990

An unusual event in his political career happened in his first parliamentary term, sometime before Easter, 1905, according to the article "Unghostly apparition" published in 'Whig-Standard Magazine' (no. 9; December 15, 1990). Going about his business during a parliamentary debate, he saw another M.P., Major Sir Carne Rasch, sitting on the bench behind him, but not in his customary seat. Since he had been gravely ill, Parker spoke to him, expressing his hope that his friend Rasch felt better. But a grim-faced Rasch did not reply. A moment later, when Parker turned around to speak to him again, Rasch was gone.Parker than began looking for Rasch, but he could not find him. Neither the two Unionist whips, nor the House of Commons doorkeeper could remember having seen Rasch. After looking some more, he was told the lobbyist Sir Henry Meysey-Thompson had been looking for Rasch, too, for parliamentary reasons. The two M.P.s thought that Rasch must have died, and his ghost had made a final appearance in Commons. They noted the day and time of the occurence.But Rasch, who had had the flu, which was often fatal in the days before antibiotics, had not died. When he next attended Parliament, Parker told his fellow M.P. of his experience. Rasch took it in good stride, and told the press, "I ought to apologize to the Liberal Party for not having died when I suppose I ought. Had I done so it would have saved them a good deal of trouble. If I have another chance perhaps I will endeavor to oblige them."The newspapers had a field day with the story. Parker's sighting was later confirmed by M.P. Colonel Sir Arthur Hayter, who said he too had seen Rasch in the Commons sitting below the gangway, not in his usual seat. Hayter reported the appearance to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, who was sitting on the Front Opposition Bench. Hayter told Campbell-Bannerman that he wondered why the press had reported that Rasch was ill, when he was sitting opposite of them. Seeing the doppelganger himself, Campbell-Bannerman commented that he hoped Rasch's illness wasn't catchy.After all the hoopla in the press, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman went on to become Prime Minister later that year. On his part, Sir Carne Rasch lived another nine years, dying on September 27, 1914, at the age of 66.

2019

Roberts' work inspired a nationalist school of Canadian poets in the late 19th century. Parker's works typically dealt with Canadian history, and later with England and the British Empire.