Parsons

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The name Parsons may refer to:

Places and institutions

In the United States:

• Parsons The New School for Design in New York City
• Parsonsburg, Maryland
• Parsons, Tennessee
• Parsons, California
• Parsons, Kansas
• Parsons, West Virginia
• Camp Parsons, a Boy Scout camp in the state of Washington
• Parsons College, a college formerly located in Fairfield, Iowa, that closed in the 1970s

In Canada:

• Parsons Road, Edmonton, Alberta

People

Parsons as a surname has an occupational meaning, and refers to a parson's servant or a person that worked in the parson's house. Another meaning of the surname is the parson's son.^[1]

• Alan Parsons
• Albert Parsons
• Alibe Parsons
• Andy Parsons
• Benny Parsons
• Betty Parsons, New York art dealer
• Bob Parsons
• Charles Parsons (philosopher)
• Charles Algernon Parsons, engineer, best known for his invention of the steam turbine
• Chick Parsons
• Don Parsons
• Drew Parsons
• Elsie Clews Parsons, anthropologist
• Eric Parsons
• Ernie Parsons
• Estelle Parsons
• Frances Theodora Parsons, American botanist
• Francis Newton Parsons, British war hero
• Frank Parsons
• Gary Parsons
• Gene Parsons
• Geoffrey Parsons, several people
• George Parsons, English shipbuilder
• George Parsons (ice hockey), professional ice hockey player
• Gram Parsons, American country rock singer and songwriter
• Hardy Falconer Parsons, British war hero
• Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist and occultist, also known as: Marvel Whiteside Parsons, John Whiteside Parsons
• James Parsons (disambiguation)
• John Parsons (criminal), American criminal
• John T. Parsons, American engineer
• Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver
• Johnny Parsons, American race car driver
• Jonathan Parsons, American clergyman
• Karyn Parsons
• Keith Parsons
• Kelly Parsons
• King Parsons
• Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse
• Les Parsons
• Lewis B. Parsons, Sr., a New York merchant for whom Parsons College is named
• Lewis B. Parsons, Jr., American Civil War officer
• Lewis E. Parsons, Provisional Governor of Alabama
• Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist
• Longineu Parsons
• Lucas Parsons
• Lucy Parsons
• Lynn Parsons
• Matt Parsons, Australian rugby league footballer
• Michael Parsons
• Mosby Parsons, American military officer
• Nancy Parsons, American actress
• Nicholas Parsons, English actor, radio and television presenter
• Phil Parsons
• Preston Parsons
• Reginald Parsons
• Richard Parsons (businessman), CEO of CitiGroup, former CEO of Time Warner
• Robert Parsons (composer), an English composer of the 16th century
• Robert Parsons (Jesuit), English Jesuit priest
• Russ Parsons
• Samuel Holden Parsons (1737-1789) American army officer
• Samuel Parsons, landscape architect
• Sarah Parsons
• Sidney Parsons (1893 – 1955) Canadian politician
• Talcott Parsons, American sociologist
• Ted Parsons
• Theophilus Parsons, Massachusetts secessionist
• Tony Parsons, several people
• Torrence Parsons, American mathematician
• Tracy Parsons, Canadian politician
• Vic Parsons
• William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer
• William Barclay Parsons, civil engineer
• William Sterling Parsons

Companies

• Parsons Brinckerhoff, engineering firm headquartered in New York City
• Parsons Corporation, engineering firm headquartered in Pasadena, California
• Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, company founded by Charles Parsons to build marine steam turbines
• C. A. Parsons and Company, company founded by Charles Parsons to build turbo-generators

Other uses

• Lillie Parsons, a wrecked ship in the St. Lawrence Seaway
• Parsons code, a system of music notation based on melodic motion, used to identify a musical work
• Tom Parsons, a minor character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Ellen Parsons, one of the main characters in the TV Series Damages

References

See also

• Parson (disambiguation)

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