Vernon Louis Parrington

Vernon Louis Parrington
Parrington, c. 1909
Born	(1871-08-03)August 3, 1871 Aurora, Illinois, U.S.
Died	June 16, 1929(1929-06-16) (aged 57) Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England
Nationality	American
Subject	American politics; American studies
Spouse	Julia Rochester Williams (married 1901)
Coaching career
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1893–1896	College of Emporia
1897–1900	Oklahoma
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1897–1908	Oklahoma
Head coaching record
Overall	19–7–2

Vernon Louis Parrington (August 3, 1871 – June 16, 1929)^[1] was an American literary historian, scholar, and college football coach. 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. 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.