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Meriweather
Meriweather is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Brandon Meriweather (born 1984), American football player in the National Football League * Joe Meriweather (1953–2013), American basketball player See also * Meriwether (name) * Merriweather {{surname English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Meriweather
Brandon Meriweather (born January 14, 1984) is a former American football free safety. He played college football at the University of Miami, and was drafted by the New England Patriots in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft. Meriweather has also played for the Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins, and New York Giants. Early years Meriweather's mother gave birth to him when she was 13 years old. Meriweather started living with his adopted parents at age 11. He attended Apopka High School in Apopka, Florida, where he played high school football. He helped lead his school to the Florida Class 6A state championship as a senior in 2001. He started as a kick returner, returning four kicks for touchdowns as a senior. He also lettered in track and basketball. College career Meriweather received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Miami and played for the Miami Hurricanes football team. In 2002, he played in three games and had three total tackles before injuring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Meriweather
Joe C. Meriweather (October 26, 1953 – October 13, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'10" center from Southern Illinois University, Meriweather played ten seasons (1975–1985) in the NBA as a member of the Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, New Orleans Jazz, New York Knicks, and Kansas City Kings. He earned NBA All-Rookie honors in his first season, during which he averaged 10.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks. Over the course of his NBA career, Meriweather averaged 8.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks. Of note, Meriweather is one of a select few players who have blocked 10 shots in an NBA game more than once. Meriweather accomplished the feat twice during his career, first with the Jazz in 1977 (his only career triple double), and then again later with the Knicks in 1979. Those totals established franchise records for both teams; the Jazz record has since been broken by Mark Eaton numerous times, but Meriweather still holds the record f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merriweather
Merriweather is a surname deriving from the Middle English ''merie'', meaning 'merry pleasant' and ''wether'', meaning weather. Notable people with the surname "Merriweather" include * Alfred Merriweather (1918–1999), British missionary and politician * Big Maceo Merriweather (1905–1953), American musician *Brian Merriweather (born 1978), American basketball player * Daniel Merriweather (born 1982), Australian singer-songwriter *Ellis Merriweather (born 1999), American football player *Kaevon Merriweather (born 1999), American football player *Katrina Merriweather (born 1979), American basketball coach *Lester Julian Merriweather (born 1978), American collagist, painter * Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887–1973), American entrepreneur *Mike Merriweather (born 1960), American football player *William Merriweather Peña (1919–2018), American architect See also * Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887–1973), an American businesswoman ** Merriweather Post Pavilion, a pavilion named a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meriwether (name)
Meriwether has been used as both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Chuck Meriwether (1956-2019), American Major League Baseball umpire * Colyer Meriwether (1858–1920), American historian, educator and writer * David Meriwether (other), multiple people, including: **David Meriwether (Georgia politician) (1755–1822), Congressional Representative from Georgia **David Meriwether (Kentucky politician) (1800–1893), Senator from Kentucky and Governor of New Mexico * Delano Meriwether (born 1943), American doctor and track and field athlete * Elizabeth Meriwether (born 1981), American playwright and screenwriter * Elizabeth Avery Meriwether (1824–1916), American author, publisher and activist in the women's suffrage movement * James Meriwether (1789–1854), American politician and lawyer from Georgia * James Archibald Meriwether (1806–1852), American politician and lawyer from Georgia * John Meriwether (born 1947), American hed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
