The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Parker, Louis Napoleon

PARKER, Louis Napoleon, English dramatist and composer: b. Calados, France, 21 Oct. 1852. He was educated at Freiburg and the Royal Academy of Music, and was director of music in Sherborne School, Dorsetshire, 1877-96. In the latter year he removed to London and in 1898 was made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music. He is the author of many cantatas, such as &lsquo;Silvia&rsquo; and the &lsquo;Twenty-third Psalm,&rsquo; as well as many other musical compositions and of a large number of plays. Among the latter may be cited &lsquo;Change Alley,&rsquo; and &lsquo;The Man in the Street.&rsquo; He has also translated &lsquo;Magda&rsquo;; &lsquo;L'Aiglon&rsquo;; &lsquo;Cyrano de Bergerac,&rsquo; and other dramas.