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William Parks (May 23, 1699 – April 1, 1750) was an 18th-century printer and journalist in England and Colonial America. He was the first printer in Maryland authorized as the official printer for the colonial government. He published the first newspaper in the Southern American colonies, the Maryland Gazette. He later became authorized as the official printer for the colonial government of Virginia. Parks was also the publisher and printer of the first official collection of the authentic 1733 set of Virginia's laws, and the first colonial publisher and proprietor of The Virginia Gazette newspaper. During his lifetime Parks established four new newspapers in the colonies. He also worked with Benjamin Franklin on several projects related to printing, most notably, the establishment of a pa

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  • William Parks (Drucker) (de)
  • William Parks (publisher) (en)
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  • William Parks (geboren um 1700 vermutlich in der englischen Grafschaft Shropshire; gestorben am 1. April 1750 auf dem Schiff Nelson während der Überfahrt von Virginia nach England) war ein englischer Drucker und Verleger. Er gründete zwei der ältesten Zeitungen Nordamerikas, die Maryland Gazette (1727) und die Virginia Gazette (1736). (de)
  • William Parks (May 23, 1699 – April 1, 1750) was an 18th-century printer and journalist in England and Colonial America. He was the first printer in Maryland authorized as the official printer for the colonial government. He published the first newspaper in the Southern American colonies, the Maryland Gazette. He later became authorized as the official printer for the colonial government of Virginia. Parks was also the publisher and printer of the first official collection of the authentic 1733 set of Virginia's laws, and the first colonial publisher and proprietor of The Virginia Gazette newspaper. During his lifetime Parks established four new newspapers in the colonies. He also worked with Benjamin Franklin on several projects related to printing, most notably, the establishment of a pa (en)
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  • William Parks (en)
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  • William Parks (en)
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  • Shropshire, England (en)
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