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Henry Meyer (musician)
Henry Meyer may refer to: * Henry Meyer (poet) (1840–1925), American poet * Henry Albert Meyer (1894–1968), American philatelist * Henry Cord Meyer Henry Cord Meyer (1912 – 2001) was an American historian specializing in modern European and Central European history. He was an expert on the politics and economics of airships in the post-World War I period (1920-1938). Biography The on ... (1912–2001), American historian * Henry Herman Meyer (1874–1951), American Methodist Episcopal clergyman and editor * Henry Hoppner Meyer (1780–1847), English portrait painter and engraver See also * Henry Maier (1918–1994), American politician and mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Henry Mayer (other) {{hndis, Meyer, Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Meyer (poet)
Henry Meyer (1840–1925) was a poet originally from Brush Valley, (Centre County), Pennsylvania. His native language was Pennsylvania Dutch, and although he learned English in school, he wrote his poetry in "Dutch". His original career was as a wheelwright, but he lost an arm near Spottsylvania during the American Civil War. (He was a corporal in the Centre County Regiment, the 148th Pennsylvania Infantry The 148th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 148th Pennsylvania Infantry was composed of volunteers raised chiefly in Centre County, Pennsylv ....) In the war he began the diary he would keep the rest of his life, and after the war spent time as a teacher, county superintendent, state representative and justice of the peace during the 58 years he spent in Rebersburg. He was a teacher of the poet Calvin Ziegler and was active in community organizations. While his col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Albert Meyer
Henry Albert Meyer (March 23, 1894 – March 25, 1968) of Indiana, was a philatelist who created notable stamp and postal history collections, and wrote and co-authored a number of philatelic books. Collecting interests Meyer was famous for a number of collections he formed, especially for his Ohio River steamboat covers. his Confederate States of America postal history collection, and his Hawaii collection. Philatelic literature Based on his study of river and steamboat history, he wrote ''Domestic Waterway Mail Markings'' in 1951. Along with Rear Admiral Frederic R. Harris and others, he co-authored ''Hawaii, Its Stamps and Postal History'', which was published in 1948. Meyer co-authored with Dr. Carroll Chase to write ''The Postal History of the Kingdom of Westphalia Under Napoleon, 1807-1814'' (published in 1958), and co-authored with Charles L. Towle to write ''Railroad Postmarks of the United States, 1861-1866'', which was published in 1968. Philatelic activity Mey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Cord Meyer
Henry Cord Meyer (1912 – 2001) was an American historian specializing in modern European and Central European history. He was an expert on the politics and economics of airships in the post-World War I period (1920-1938). Biography The only child of German immigrants Henry H. and Sophie (née Abhmann) Meyer, Henry Cord Meyer was born on 12 February 1913 in Chicago, Illinois. After his father died in 1920, Meyer and his mother moved first to Eldora, Colorado; Meyer grew up in Colorado Springs. Meyer earned his B.A. degree at the University of Colorado in 1935; he spent one year as a student at the Konsular Academy in Vienna (1935-1936) before continuing his studies in the United States, receiving his master's degree at the University of Iowa (1937), and his PhD from Yale University in 1941. Career Meyer was commissioned as an ensign in the Navy at the start of World War II and was recruited by William Donovan to serve as a commissioned officer in the Office of Strateg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Herman Meyer
Henry Herman Meyer (21 November 1874 in Champaign, Illinois – 1951) was an American Methodist Episcopal clergyman and editor. Biography He was educated at California State Normal School; German Wallace College, Ohio; the Drew Theological Seminary; Teachers College, Columbia; and at Jena. He was ordained in the ministry in 1900. He filled pastorates in Wilmington, California, and Mount Vernon, New York. He was professor at Saint Paul College Saint Paul College is a public community college in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. The college enrolls nearly 15,000 students in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area; the ave ..., Minnesota, in 1900-01, and in 1903 became assistant editor of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School publications, becoming editor in 1914. In 1911 he served as secretary of the Sunday School Council of the United States and Canada, and he became a member of the executive council of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Hoppner Meyer
::''Also not to be confused with his son, Bernard Francis Hoppner Meyer (20 April 1811-3 June 1888), also an artist.'' Henry Meyer (12 June 1780 - 28 May 1847) was an English portrait painter, more known as a stipple and mezzotint engraver. Meyer was born John Meyer in London - a son of John Meyer and Anna Torade Hoppner who married at St James Westminster 22 December 1767. Contrary to other accounts Henry Meyer's father was a hairdresser and not an engraver. Joseph Farington recorded that Henry Meyer was a nephew of John Hoppner, referring to him as 'Mier' (8 February 1810), and in the obituary of Meyer in Gentleman's Magazine (1847 ii 665). A prominent early 19th-century artist, Henry Meyer was admitted as a pupil to Christ's Hospital, London in 1791 where he studied under Benjamin Green. On 25 August 1794 he was apprenticed to Benjamin Smith for seven years and ultimately trained in engraving techniques at the Royal Academy Schools under Francesco Bartolozzi. His first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Maier
Henry Walter Maier (February 7, 1918 – July 17, 1994) was an American politician and the longest-serving mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, holding office from 1960 to 1988. A Democrat, Maier was a powerful and controversial figure, presiding over an era of economic and political turbulence for the city of Milwaukee. Early life Maier was born Henry Walter David Nelke in Dayton, Ohio. After his father died, he moved with his mother to Springfield, Ohio to live with his grandparents. He graduated from Springfield High School in 1936. When his mother moved to Milwaukee and married contractor Charles Maier, Nelke accompanied her. He changed his name to Henry Walter Maier in 1938. Maier served in the United States Navy during World War II. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a master's degree from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Maier was in the insurance business and taught workers' compensation and general liability insurance a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
