Born in New York City, The United States April 17, 1885 Websitehttp://www.lib.umich.edu/faculty-history/facult... GenreArt, Philosophy edit data Dewitt Henry Parker was born on 17 April 1885, in New York City to DeWitt Henry and Jennie Ada Stevens Parker. He attended Boston Latin School from 1898 to 1902. Parker attended Harvard University, earning the AB in 1906, and the Ph.D. in 1908. His dissertation was titled "The Nature and Object of Historical Knowledge." Less