Colyer Meriwether
{{Short description|American historian, educator, and writer}}
Colyer Meriwether (8 April 1858 – 26 August 1920) was an American historian, educator, and writer.[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tmsirecords/colyermeriwetherbiography.html "Colyer Meriwether" at Ancestry.com], citing Rossiter Johnson. (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans; retrieved 2013-6-7.
Early life
Meriwether was born in Clark’s Hill, South Carolina. He earned an undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins University in 1886, and the university awarded him a Ph.D. in 1893.
Career
In 1889–1892, Meriwether was employed by the Japanese government in Sendai.
He was elected a member of the Asiatic Society of Japan and the American Historical Association. He was secretary and treasurer of the Southern History Association.
Selected works
- History of Higher Education in South Carolina, 1889
- Date Masamune and His Embassy to Rome, 1892
See also
References
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