Merriam
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- Alan P. MerriamAlan P. MerriamAlan Parkhurst Merriam was an ethnomusicologist during the last half of the twentieth century. He is remembered primarily for his book, The Anthropology of Music, in which he promotes the study of music from an anthropological perspective and with anthropological methods.In , Merriam proposed a...
(1923-1980), American ethnomusicologist - Charles Edward MerriamCharles Edward MerriamCharles Edward Merriam, Jr. was a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, founder of the behavioralistic approach to political science, and an advisor to several U.S. Presidents...
(1874–1953), American political scientist - Clinton Hart MerriamClinton Hart MerriamClinton Hart Merriam was an American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist and ethnographer.Known as "Hart" to his friends, Dr. Clinton Hart Merriam was born in New York City in 1855. His father, Clinton Levi Merriam, was a U.S. congressman. He studied biology and anatomy at Yale University and...
(1855–1942), American zoologist and anthropologist - Eve MerriamEve Merriam-Writing career:Merriam's first book was the 1946 Family Circle, which won the Yale Younger Poets Prize.Her book, The Inner City Mother Goose, was described as one of the most banned books of the time. It inspired a 1971 Broadway musical called Inner City and a 1982 musical production called Street...
(1916–1992), American poet - Frank MerriamFrank MerriamFrank Finley Merriam was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of California from June 2, 1934 until January 2, 1939...
(1865–1955), American politician and 28th governor of California - Henry Clay Merriam, American general
- John Merriam (military lawyer)
- John C. MerriamJohn C. MerriamJohn Campbell Merriam was an American paleontologist. The first vertebrate paleontologist on the West Coast of the United States, he is best known for his taxonomy of vertebrate fossils at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, particularly with the genus Smilodon, more commonly known as the...
(1869–1945), American paleontologist - William Rush MerriamWilliam Rush MerriamWilliam Rush "Spooky" Merriam was an American politician. The son of Minnesota House Speaker John L. Merriam, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1883 and 1887 and was the Speaker of the House in 1887. He served as the 11th Governor of Minnesota from January 9, 1889 to January...
(1849–1934), American politician and 11th governor of Minnesota - Geo. & Charles MerriamMerriam-WebsterMerriam–Webster, which was originally the G. & C. Merriam Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, is an American company that publishes reference books, especially dictionaries that are descendants of Noah Webster’s An American Dictionary of the English Language .Merriam-Webster Inc. has been a...
- publishers of dictionaries following the death of Noah Webster
Locations
In the United States:- Merriam, IndianaMerriam, IndianaMerriam is an unincorporated town in Noble Township, Noble County, Indiana....
- Merriam, KansasMerriam, KansasMerriam is a city in the northeastern part of Johnson County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 11,003. As a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, it is included in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area...
- Merriam Woods, MissouriMerriam Woods, MissouriMerriam Woods is a village in Taney County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,142 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Merriam Woods is located at ....
Other uses
- Merriam-WebsterMerriam-WebsterMerriam–Webster, which was originally the G. & C. Merriam Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, is an American company that publishes reference books, especially dictionaries that are descendants of Noah Webster’s An American Dictionary of the English Language .Merriam-Webster Inc. has been a...
, a publishing company specializing in reference books - Merriam's Pocket MouseMerriam's Pocket MouseMerriam's Pocket Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Mexico and New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas in the United States....
- A subspecies of the Wild turkeyWild TurkeyThe Wild Turkey is native to North America and is the heaviest member of the Galliformes. It is the same species as the domestic turkey, which derives from the South Mexican subspecies of wild turkey .Adult wild turkeys have long reddish-yellow to grayish-green...