Vernon Louis Parrington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vernon Louis Parrington

Football coach; Pulitzer Prize Winner; Academic Professor

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1871

Place of Birth: Aurora, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 16-Jun-1929

Profession: historian, university teacher, literary historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Vernon Louis Parrington (August 3, 1871 – June 16, 1929) was an American literary historian and scholar.
His three-volume history of American letters, Main Currents in American Thought, won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1928 and was one of the most influential books for American historians of its time.