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Parkinson, Fred Freeman
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Fred Freeman Parkinson, 1892-1979, was born in Manitoba, attended Manitoba Agricultural College and worked for a time for the Agricultural Extension Service. In 1917 he married Harriette Evans and came to Edgerton, Alberta to manage a ranch. In the winter he returned to Manitoba or worked for other agencies. In 1929 he was appointed as an instructor at the Olds School of Agriculture. He was transferred to Edmonton in 1949 to the Field Crops Branch of the Department of Agriculture. Parkinson retired in 1957.
He was also an inventor, who worked on improving agricultural cultivation equipment. From 1959 to 1962 he collected artifacts for the Glenbow Foundation of Calgary.