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Frank Parker Stockbridge
1870–1940
A seasoned American editor and journalist, he wrote vividly about industry, innovation, war, and regional life. His work helped bring big national stories to general readers in the early twentieth century.
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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, in 1870, Frank Parker Stockbridge built a career as an editor, journalist, and author whose writing ranged across science, public affairs, and American industry. He was educated in Washington, D.C., including study at George Washington University, before moving fully into journalism.
Over the years he worked in important editorial roles and wrote for widely read magazines and newspapers. Sources from books and library records connect him with publications such as Popular Mechanics and note his interest in technological progress, practical invention, and the changing modern world.
He also published books including Yankee Ingenuity in the War, Florida in the Making, and So This Is Florida. Taken together, his work suggests a writer who liked to explain large, fast-moving developments in a clear way for everyday readers. He died in 1940.