Kineton Parkes [SEP] date of birth
Kineton Parkes
William Kineton Parkes (1865–1938) was an English novelist, art historian and librarian, best known for his writing on sculpture and his 1914 modernist novel "Hardware: A Novel in Four Books".
Parkes was born in Aston, Birmingham, one of six children of William Parkes, who worked in Birmingham's jewellery trade. He was educated at King Edward's Grammar School in Aston and at Mason Science College, a forerunner of the University of Birmingham. From 1891 to 1911 he was principal of the
Dimension", 28 April 2016
- "William Kineton Parkes and sculptors of the twenties"
- "Considering national art from a distance: Kineton Parkes and his reflections on contemporary sculpture made in Spain", by Cristina Rodríguez-Samaniego, "Sculpture Journal," vol.25, issue1, 2016