J. Reed Whipple (1842-1912) was an employee, then manager, then owner of Boston's Parker House during much of his life. Boston & the Parker House, 1630-1927, by James W. Spring, published by J. R. Whipple Corporation in 1927, is a history of the hotel. In the Whipple Website article "J. Reed Whipple and Boston Hotels," Joanne Lahr-Kreischer tells more about Reed's life