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Frank Parker Stockbridge
1870–1940
A busy, curious journalist of the early 20th century, he wrote about politics, industry, war, and regional life with the eye of someone who wanted to explain how America worked. His career moved from newspaper reporting and magazine editing to books that made big national stories feel readable and immediate.
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Measure Your Mind: The Mentimeter and How to Use It
by Marion Rex Trabue, Frank Parker Stockbridge
About the author
Born in Gardiner, Maine, on June 11, 1870, Frank Parker Stockbridge became an American journalist, editor, and author whose work ranged widely across public life. He was educated in Washington, D.C., attending high school there and later studying medicine at George Washington University before turning to journalism.
Over the years he worked for several newspapers and magazines, including the New York Globe, the New York Herald, and the Cincinnati Times-Star. He also helped promote Woodrow Wilson's 1912 presidential campaign and later served in public-information work during World War I. Stockbridge went on to found and edit American Home, and he wrote books on subjects such as the war, technology, and places including Florida.
He died on December 7, 1940, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Remembered as a prolific writer and editor, he left behind a body of work shaped by reporting, popular explanation, and a strong interest in the changing modern world.