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PARSONS, Thomas William, author, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 18 August, 1819. He received his early education in the Boston Latin-school. and in 1836 went to Italy, where he studied Italian literature, and translated the first ten cantos of Dante's "Inferno" (Boston, 1843). He then returned to his native city, studied and practised dentistry, and subsequently resided for several years in England. Since 1872 he has engaged in literary pursuits in Boston. Harvard gave him the honorary degree of M. A. in 1853. He has issued a volume of poems entitled "Ghetto di Roma" (Boston, 1854); his completed translation of the " Inferno," which appeared with illustrations (1867); " The Magnolia," a poem (printed privately, 1867) ; "The Old House at Sudbury" (1870); and " The Shadow of the Obelisk" (London, 1872).
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