John Parry in Weaste Cemetery, Salford

'IN MEMORY OF

JOHN PARRY,

MEMBER OF THE

LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

OF MANCHESTER,

AN EARLY DIRECTOR OF THE

MECHANICS INSTITUTE IN THE CITY,

AN ARDENT STUDENT AND WORKER

IN THE CAUSE OF SCIENCE.

HE DIED 27^TH JANUARY 1866, AGED 62.'

Parry had a common name, which makes it difficult to pinpoint references to him, but all the same he doesn't appear to have published anything.