Meredith
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Meredith is a surname and given name of Welsh origin — see Meredith (given name).
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People surnamed Meredith
- Billy MeredithBilly MeredithWilliam Henry "Billy" Meredith was a Welsh footballer. He was considered one of the early superstars of football due to his performances, notably for Manchester City and Manchester United. He won each domestic trophy in the English football league and also gained 48 caps for Wales, for whom he...
(1874-1958), Welsh footballer - Bryn MeredithBryn MeredithBrinley "Bryn" Victor Meredith was a rugby union international. Meredith was a mobile hooker, he was selected 34 times for Wales between 1954 and 1962, but missed 2 matches for health and family bereavement reasons....
, Welsh rugby union player - Burgess MeredithBurgess MeredithOliver Burgess Meredith , known professionally as Burgess Meredith, was an American actor in theatre, film, and television, who also worked as a director...
, American actor - Carew Arthur Meredith, Anglo-Irish mathematician and logician
- Carole MeredithCarole MeredithCarole P. Meredith is an American grape geneticist who was a professor at the Department of Viticulture and Enology of University of California, Davis before she retired in 2003...
, American grape geneticist - Charles MeredithCharles MeredithCharles Meredith was a Canadian banker, President of the Montreal Stock Exchange, and the builder of Charles Meredith House, now part of McGill University, Montreal-Family:...
, President of the Montreal Stock Exchange - Cla MeredithCla MeredithOlise Claiborne "Cla" Meredith III , nicknamed "The Claw", is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently a Free Agent.-Collegiate career:...
, Major League Baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres - Courtney MeredithCourtney MeredithCourtney Meredith was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Neath. He won fourteen caps for Wales and also played for invitational club the Barbarians. Meredith was a powerful prop, and was much praised by second row players for his tight packing, which allowed them the...
, Welsh rugby union player - Don MeredithDon MeredithJoseph Don "Dandy Don" Meredith was an American football quarterback, sports commentator and actor. He spent all nine seasons of his professional playing career with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League . He was named to the Pro Bowl in each of his last three years as a player...
, American football player and sportscaster; quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys - Edmund Allen MeredithEdmund Allen MeredithEdmund Allen Meredith LL.D., was Under Secretary of State for Canada; a prison reformer, writer, and the third principal of McGill University from 1846 to 1853.-Early life in Ireland:...
, Canadian politician and principal of McGill University, Montreal - Edwin Thomas Meredith, United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson
- Frederick Edmund MeredithFrederick Edmund MeredithFrederick Edmund Meredith K.C., D.C.L. was a Canadian lawyer and businessman, the 8th Chancellor of Bishop's University, Lennoxville; honorary President of the Montreal Victorias for three of their Stanley Cup championships in the late 1890s, and Chief Counsel to the CPR at the inquest into the...
, 8th Chancellor of Bishop's University, Lennoxville - George MeredithGeorge MeredithGeorge Meredith, OM was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era.- Life :Meredith was born in Portsmouth, England, a son and grandson of naval outfitters. His mother died when he was five. At the age of 14 he was sent to a Moravian School in Neuwied, Germany, where he remained for two...
, 19th century English author - James MeredithJames MeredithJames H. Meredith is an American civil rights movement figure, a writer, and a political adviser. In 1962, he was the first African American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi, an event that was a flashpoint in the American civil rights movement. Motivated by President...
, first African American student at the University of Mississippi - James Meredith (Medal of Honor)James Meredith (Medal of Honor)James Meredith was a private serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.-Biography:...
, American Medal of Honor recipient - James Creed MeredithJames Creed MeredithJames Creed Meredith K.C., LL.D. was an Irish nationalist of the early 20th century, who upheld Brehon Law. He was President of the Supreme Court of the Irish Republic, Chief Judicial Commissioner of Ireland and a Judge of the High Court and the Supreme Court of Ireland...
, Irish lawyer, judge and Kant scholar - John Meredith (rugby player)John Meredith (rugby player)John Meredith was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and won four caps for Wales. Outside rugby, Meredith later became a literary adjudicator in Eisteddfodau.-Rugby career:...
, Welsh rugby union player - John Walsingham Cooke MeredithJohn Walsingham Cooke MeredithJohn Walsingham Cooke Meredith J.P., an Anglo-Irish-Canadian office holder and businessman, best remembered as the father of the Eight London Merediths.-Background:...
, father of the 'Eight London Merediths' - Jonathan MeredithJonathan MeredithJonathan Meredith was a United States Marine during the First Barbary War.-Biography:Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Meredith enlisted in the Marine Corps June 6, 1803 and was promoted to Sergeant August 1, of the same year....
, United States Marine during the First Barbary War - Lois MeredithLois MeredithLois Meredith was a silent film and theatre actress.-Career:...
(1898-?), stage and movie actress - Ralph Creed MeredithRalph Creed MeredithThe Ven. Ralph Creed Meredith, M.A., was an Anglican Cleric who succeeded Edward Keble Talbot as Chaplain to His Majesty, King George VI and afterwards Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II...
, Anglo-Irish clergyman, chaplain to George VI - Richard Meredith (bishop)Richard Meredith (bishop)Richard Meredith was the Church of Ireland Bishop of Leighlin from 1589 until his death.-Life:...
, 16th century Anglo-Irish Bishop of Leighlin & Ferns - Richard Edmund MeredithRichard Edmund MeredithThe Rt. Hon. Richard Edmund Meredith PC, QC , was the Master of the Rolls in Ireland, a Privy Councillor, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland and Judicial Commissioner of the Irish Land Commission.-Career:...
, Master of the Rolls in Ireland - Richard Martin MeredithRichard Martin MeredithChief Justice The Hon. Richard Martin Meredith Q.C. was a founder of The University of Western Ontario; vice-chancellor of Ontario; President of the High Court of the Supreme Court of Ontario and Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.-Family:Born at 565 Talbot Street, London, Ontario, he was...
, Canadian chief justice - Robert MeredithRobert MeredithRobert L. Meredith was a professor and innovator in the domain of quizbowl. While an assistant professor of English at the Georgia Institute of Technology, he became coach of their College Bowl team in 1980...
, professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, coach of their quizbowl team - Sir Roger Meredith, 5th BaronetSir Roger Meredith, 5th BaronetSir Roger Meredith, 5th Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1734.Meredith was the son of Sir Richard Meredith, 2nd Baronet and his wife Susanna Skippon, daughter of Philip Skippon of Foulsham Norfolk...
- Samuel MeredithSamuel MeredithSamuel Meredith was an American merchant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788...
, delegate to the Continental Congress and Treasurer of the United States - Ted MeredithTed MeredithJames Edwin "Ted" Meredith was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Chester Heights, Pennsylvania and died in Camden, New Jersey, aged 65...
, winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Thomas MeredithThomas MeredithThe Rev. Dr Thomas Meredith D.D., F.T.C.D. was an Anglo-Irish clergyman and mathematician, best remembered for his association with the poet Charles Wolfe, and as the subject of a ghost story related in True Irish Ghost Stories and Memorials to the Dead-Background:Born at Templerany House, Co...
, Anglo-Irish clergyman and mathematician - Thomas Graves MeredithThomas Graves MeredithThomas Graves Meredith K.C. , Canadian lawyer and businessman; President of Canada Life Assurance and President of the Middlesex Bar Association...
, Canadian lawyer and businessman - Sir Vincent MeredithVincent MeredithSir Vincent Meredith, 1st and last Baronet of Montreal , was a Canadian banker and philanthropist; President of the Bank of Montreal, the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts...
, 1st Baronet of Montreal, President of the Bank of Montreal - Sir William Collis MeredithWilliam Collis MeredithThe Hon. Sir William Collis Meredith, Kt., Q.C., D.C.L. was Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec.-Early life:...
, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec - William Campbell James MeredithWilliam Campbell James MeredithWilliam Campbell James Meredith Q.C., D.C.L., often known as W. C. J. Meredith, was a Canadian attorney and Dean of Law at McGill University. He was born in Montreal, Quebec the son of Frederick Edmund Meredith and Anne Madeline VanKoughnet Meredith...
, Canadian lawyer - William M. MeredithWilliam M. MeredithWilliam Morris Meredith was an American lawyer and politician.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1812...
, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States - William Morris Meredith, Jr.William Morris Meredith, Jr.William Morris Meredith, Jr. was an American poet and educator. He was Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1978 to 1980.-Early years:...
, American poet - Sir William Ralph MeredithWilliam Ralph MeredithThe Hon. Sir William Ralph Meredith, Q.C., LL.D. was Leader of the Ontario Conservatives from 1878 to 1894; Chancellor of the University of Toronto from 1900 until his death, and Chief Justice of Ontario from 1913 until his death...
, Canadian chief justice and leader of the conservative party
Places
- Meredith, VictoriaMeredith, VictoriaMeredith is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Midland Highway between Ballarat and Geelong.Meredith Post Office opened on 1 November 1854 and the railway came to the town with the opening of the Geelong-Ballarat line in 1862, with the local railway station opened soon after. Now only...
, Australia - Meredith, ColoradoMeredith, ColoradoMeredith is an unincorporated town and a U.S. Post Office in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The Meredith Post Office has the ZIP Code 81642....
, United States - Meredith, New HampshireMeredith, New HampshireMeredith is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, USA. The population was 6,241 at the 2010 census. Meredith is situated beside Lake Winnipesaukee. It is home to Stonedam Island Natural Area and the Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad...
, United States - Meredith, New YorkMeredith, New YorkMeredith is a town in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 1,588 at the 2000 census.The Town of Meredith is an interior town in the northeast part of the county.- History :...
, United States - Meredith Township, Wake County, North CarolinaMeredith Township, Wake County, North CarolinaMeredith Township is one of twenty townships within Wake County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, Meredith Township had a population of 11,492, a 44.4% increase over 1990, and a population density of 1.03 people per acre .Meredith Township, occupying 11,136 acres in central Wake County, is...
, United States - Lake MeredithLake MeredithLake Meredith is a reservoir formed by Sanford Dam on the Canadian River at Sanford, Texas. It is located about northeast of Amarillo, Texas in the Texas Panhandle. It is a major source of drinking water for Amarillo and Lubbock, Texas, located about to the south along with many other towns in...
, a man-made lake formed by a dam on the Canadian River at Sanford, Texas
Ships
- HMS Meredith (1763)HMS Meredith (1763)HMS Meredith was a 10-gun sloop of the Royal Navy. She was purchased for Navy service in March 1763 and so far has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Meredith....
, a sloop of the British Royal Navy purchased in 1763 and sold in 1784 - USCS MeredithUSCS MeredithUSCS Meredith was a schooner that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey from 1851 to 1872.Meredith was built in 1851 and entered service with the Coast Survey the same year...
, a survey ship in United States Coast Survey service from 1851 to 1872 - USS MeredithUSS MeredithFour United States Navy ships have borne the name Meredith, in honor of Jonathan Meredith., was a Wickes-class destroyer commissioned in 1919 and scrapped in 1936, was a Gleaves-class destroyer commissioned 1 March 1941 and sunk 15 October 1942...
, the name of more than one United States Navy ship - SS Meredith VictorySS Meredith VictoryThe SS Meredith Victory was a United States Merchant Marine Victory ship, a type of cargo freighter built for World War II. It is best known for evacuating more than 14,000 refugees in a single mission during the Korean War....
, a United States Merchant Marine Victory ship
Other
- Meredith CollegeMeredith CollegeMeredith College is a liberal arts women's college located in Raleigh, North Carolina. For the 2010-2011 academic year, there were approximately 2,300 students enrolled, including about 350 graduate students, making Meredith the largest women's college in the southeastern United States...
, a women's liberal arts college located in Raleigh, North Carolina - Meredith CorporationMeredith CorporationThe Meredith Corporation is a media conglomerate based in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The company has two divisions, National Media and Local Media.-History:...
, which publishes Better Homes and Gardens in the U.S. - Meredith CupMeredith CupThe Robert Meredith Cup is awarded to the winner of the Academic Competition Federation quizbowl championship since 2001. Predecessor tournaments include the National Invitational Tournament held in the early 1980s and the All-American Invitational Tournament held in the late 1990s...
, the trophy awarded to the winner of the Academic Competition Federation quic site in Tasmania, Australia - Meredith Music FestivalMeredith Music FestivalThe Meredith Music Festival is a three-day outdoor music festival held every December at the Supernatural Amphitheatre, a natural amphitheatre located on private farmland near the town of Meredith in Victoria, Australia...
near Meredith, Victoria, Australia - Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of EducationMeredith v. Jefferson County Board of EducationMeredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education is a case heard before the United States Supreme Court in December 2006 regarding racial quotas and explicit racial desegregation in public education. The U.S. Supreme Court handed down an opinion on June 28, 2007, rejecting the use of a student's...
, a 2007 United States Supreme Court decision striking down a racial desegregation plan in Jefferson County, Kentucky - Murder of Meredith KercherMurder of Meredith KercherThe murder of Meredith Kercher occurred in Perugia, Italy, on 1 November 2007. Kercher, aged 21 at the time of her death, was a British university exchange student from Coulsdon, south London. She was found dead on the floor of her bedroom with stab wounds to the throat...