Frank Parsons (social reformer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American social reformer
Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1854
Place of Birth: Mount Holly Township, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 26-Sep-1908
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Frank Parsons (social reformer)
- Frank Parsons (November 14, 1854 – September 26, 1908) was an American professor, social reformer, and public intellectual.
- Although he was educated as an engineer at Cornell University, he passed the Massachusetts state bar examination and became a lawyer in 1881.
- Parsons was a lecturer at Boston University School of Law for more than a decade and taught at Kansas State Agricultural College from 1897 to 1899.
- As a leading social commentator of the Progressive Era, Parsons authored a dozen books and more than 125 magazine and journal articles on a wide range of reform topics, including currency reform, regulation of monopolies, municipal ownership, establishment of direct democracy, and other matters.
- Parsons is also widely regarded as the father of the vocational guidance movement.
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