Henry Taylor Parker (29 April 1867 – 30 March 1934), "known for many years largely by his initials H. T. P.",[1][2] was an American theater and music critic.
"[2] His biographer said “This remarkable little man of fine perceptions, with his dark eyes burning quizzically in a head bent forward with a sleuthing thrust and emphatic in its nods, was a giant among critics.”[1] Parker attended Harvard University but was said to have left in displeasure over the number of courses in drama and literature available to him.
Boston knew him for a sputtery, gnomelike person who wore a flowing cape for evening, carried a stout bamboo stick, shunned conversation.
Afternoons saw him in his musty, little Transcript office, painstakingly correcting proof, sorting and editing the world's stage news.
In his obituary it was said the "little man was missed at the Friday afternoon Symphony where for years he had sat in the front row of the balcony, the seat beside him vacant.