Originally from Chicago, he attended Mt. Carmel High School (then known as St. Cyril) with acclaimed author James T. Farrell.
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In 1951, he traveled to Egypt to examine monuments linked to ancient astronomy, and in subsequent years studied papyri at Paris, Florence, Vienna, Copenhagen and Oxford, in Britain.
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In 1971, British Academy elected Parker as a corresponding fellow, the highest accolade for scholarship given in Great Britain.
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