George Parsons Lathrop (August 25, 1851 – April 19, 1898) was an American poet, novelist, and newspaper editor.

George Parsons Lathrop attended Columbia Grammar School in New York City, then in 1867 was sent to study in Dresden in what was then the German Empire.

After returning to New York in 1879, Lathrop entered Columbia College Law School.

Finishing one term at Columbia, Lathrop practiced law in New York for a year.

He also edited A Masque of Poets, a book of poetry published in the Roberts Brothers "No Name" series.

The play was successfully staged at the Madison Square Theater in Manhattan and later toured in other American cities.