# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vernon-louis-parrington
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:57:03.166Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/vernon-louis-parrington"
name: "Vernon Louis Parrington"
slug: "vernon-louis-parrington"
description: "Vernon Louis Parrington was an American literary historian, scholar, and college football coach. The first two volume's of his is 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. The third volume approximately half completed was completed by his associates and students after his sudden death in 1929. Parrington taught at the College of Emporia, the University of Oklahoma, and the University of Washington. He was also the head football coach at the College of Emporia from 1893 to 1896 and Oklahoma from 1897 to 1900. Parrington founded the American studies movement in 1927."
tagline: "Football coach; Pulitzer Prize Winner; Academic Professor (1871–1929)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1871-08-03"
deathDate: "1929-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump