John Park (1775–1852) was an educator and newspaperman in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century.Edward H. Hall. "Reminiscences of Dr. John Park." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society 7(1): 69-93. 1890 He established The Repertory newspaper. In 1811 he founded the Boston Lyceum for the Education of Young Ladies"Boston Lycaeum for the Education of Young Ladies." Boston Daily Advertiser; Date: 03-29-1815 located on Mount Vernon Street in Beacon Hill,Boston Directory, 1823. and attended by Margaret FullerJoan Von Mehren. Minerva and the Muse: A Life of Margaret Fuller. Univ of Massachusetts Press, 1996 and Frances Sargent Osgood. As of 1816 the school had a library of 3,000 volumes, as well as "a complete planetarium, a camera lucida, and microscope.""Boston Lyceum for the education of Young Ladies, in Science and Literature." Boston Daily Advertiser; Date: 03-13-1816 Park was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1831.American Antiquarian Society Members Directory The society holds a nearly complete run of original copies of The Repertory, as well as the related titles that proceed and follow it in its collections.Catalog record for The Repertory Park's daughter, Louisa Jane Hall, was a writer and literary critic.
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