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Colyer Meriwether

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Name
  
Colyer Meriwether

Role
  
Writer

Died
  
1920


Books
  
History of higher education in South Carolina, Raphael Semmes, Our colonial curriculum, 1607-1776

Colyer Meriwether (8 April 1858 - 26 August 1920) was an American historian, educator and writer.

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Early life

Meriwether was born at 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 of 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
  • References

    Colyer Meriwether Wikipedia