William Parks (publisher)
British printer and publisher (1699–1750) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Parks (May 23, 1699 – April 1, 1750) was an 18th-century printer and journalist in England and Colonial America. He was the first printer in Maryland authorized as the official printer for the colonial government. He published the first newspaper in the Southern American colonies, the Maryland Gazette. He later became authorized as the official printer for the colonial government of Virginia. Parks was also the publisher and printer of the first official collection of the authentic 1733 set of Virginia's laws, and the first colonial publisher and proprietor of The Virginia Gazette newspaper. During his lifetime Parks established four new newspapers in the colonies. He also worked with Benjamin Franklin on several projects related to printing, most notably, the establishment of a paper mill in Virginia, the first such mill south of Pennsylvania.
William Parks | |
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Born | May 23, 1699[1] |
Died | April 1, 1750 (aged 50)[3] |
Resting place | Gosport, England |
Occupation | printer |
Known for | publisher in colonial America |
Spouse | Eleanor[1] |
Children | William Parks Jr. (christened March 20, 1720) Eleanor (christened July 1721)[1] |
Parent(s) | William Parks (Sr.) Susanna (Lowe) Parks[2] |