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Merriman Dam
Merriman may refer to: People Surname * Arthur Douglas Merriman (1892–1972), English military officer * Boyd Merriman, 1st Baron Merriman (1880–1962), British Conservative Party politician and judge * Brian Merriman (1749–1805), Irish poet and teacher * Daniel Merriman (1838–1912), American minister and museum president * Edgar C. Merriman (1840–1894), American military officer * Eric Merriman (1924–2003), British comedy scriptwriter for radio and TV * Frederick Merriman (other), multiple people * Gregory Merriman (born 1988), Australian ice dancer * Helen Bigelow Merriman (1844–1933), American painter, art collector, and philanthropist * Huw Merriman (born 1973, British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bexhill & Battle * James Merriman (born 1984), Welsh rugby union player * James Merriman (born 1985), Canadian soccer coach * James A. Merriman (1869-1946), American physician and newspaper editor * John Merriman (disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Douglas Merriman
Arthur Douglas Merriman, (25 November 1892 – 2 November 1972) was a government scientist with the Ministry of Supply, a British Army officer, and a recipient of the George Cross. Early life and career Merriman was born in Manchester in 1892. On 22 July 1917, during the First World War, he received a temporary commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, and was confirmed in his rank and promoted to temporary lieutenant on 3 November. He entered France as an acting captain on 3 April 1918 (promoted 2 July). He was decorated with the Legion d'honneur, and relinquished his commission on 25 September 1919, leaving the army as a captain. In the 1930s he was a teacher in Wallsend, before becoming Secretary of the Faculty of Architects and Surveyors, in March 1938. They later awarded him an honorary fellowship, shortly before the events for which he was awarded the George Cross. Second World War With the outbreak of the Second World War, he returned to ordnance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Merriman
Percival Harry Merriman (11 June 1882''1939 England and Wales Register'' – 1966) was an English musician and songwriter. During World War I, he served in the 60th Division, Civil Service Rifles. While convalescing, in 1917, he became a member of The Roosters Concert Party, named after Captain G U B Roose, the Commandant of their base in Salonika, Summerhill Camp. They turned professional, made their first radio broadcast in 1923, and operated for another two decades. For them, he wrote sketches and songs, the latter including "Old Comrades Re-Union" (1930). (note record's label) He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme ''Desert Island Discs'' on 17 August 1964. His son Eric Merriman was a comedy scriptwriter, writing ''Beyond Our Ken'' for Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was an English actor of Welsh heritage. He was best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallaga Lake
Wallaga Lake is an estuarine lake in Bega Valley Shire in New South Wales, Australia, the largest lake in southern NSW. It is located between Bermagui to the south and between Tilba Tilba to the north, situated beneath Mount Gulaga, in the traditional lands of the Yuin people. A large section of its foreshore and catchment are within the Gulaga National Park, since Wallaga Lake National Park, Goura Nature Reserve, and Mt Dromedary Flora Reserve were combined into the larger national park.PDF  Text may have been copied from this source, ...
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Umbarra
Umbarra, or King Merriman (died 1904) was an elder of the Djirringanj/Yuin people of the Bermagui area on the South Coast of New South Wales. Although Aboriginal people traditionally did not have kings or chiefs, only elders, the white colonial powers used to often grant king plates to certain elders, hence the moniker "King". Life Umbarra lived on Merriman Island, in the middle of Wallaga Lake, while his people lived on the shores of the lake. Umbarra was believed to have clairvoyant abilities, and communicated with a black duck, his ''moojingarl'' or being with which he had a spiritual connection, which warned him of coming danger. Umbarra provided information on the Yuin to Alfred William Howitt for Howitt's 1904 book ''The native tribes of South-East Australia.'' Umbarra's father, who was also associated with the black duck, is believed to have also been named Merriman and to have died around 1850. His wife, Queen Narelle, died around 1900. The brother of Umbarra a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Stowell Scott
Hugh Stowell Scott (9 May 1862 – 19 November 1903) was an English novelist who wrote as Henry Seton Merriman. His best known novel, ''The Sowers'' went through thirty UK editions. Life Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he became an underwriter at Lloyd's of London, but then took to travel and writing novels, many of which had great popularity. Scott visited India as a tourist in 1877–1878 and set his novel ''Flotsam'' (1896) there. He was an enthusiastic traveller, many of his journeys being made with his friend and fellow author Stanley J. Weyman. Scott married Ethel Frances Hall (1865–1943) on 19 June 1889. They had no children. Scott was unusually modest and retiring in character. He died of appendicitis in 1903, aged 41, at Melton, Suffolk. Scott left £5000 in his will to Evelyn Beatrice Hall, his sister-in-law and a fellow writer, best known for a biographical work, ''The Friends of Voltaire''. Scott explained the legacy as a "token of my gratitude for her continued ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merriman Cuninggim
Merrimon Cuninggim (1911–1995) was a Methodist minister and university administrator. Early life Augustus Merrimon Cuninggim was born on May 11, 1911, in Nashville, Tennessee.Robert McG. Thomas, Jr.Merrimon Cuninggim, 84, Minister and Educator ''The New York Times'', November 5, 1995 His father, Jesse Lee Cuninggim, was a Methodist minister who moved Scarritt College from Kansas City, Missouri, to Nashville, and later taught at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. His mother was Maud Merrimon Cuninggim. His sister, Margaret Cuninggim, served as dean of women at the University of Tennessee and later at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Cuninggim graduated from Vanderbilt University and went on to earn a master's degree in English from Duke University, followed by a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in history from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Divinity and a PhD in education from Yale University. Career In the 1940s, Cuninggim was Professor of Religi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merriman Colbert Harris
Merriman Colbert Harris (July 9, 1846 – May 8, 1921) was a Missionary Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1904, who was active in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Japan. Birth and family Merriman was born July 9, 1846 in Beallsville, Ohio, the son of Colbert and Catherine Elizabeth (Crupper) Harris. Merriman married Flora L. Best October 23, 1873, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. They had two daughters, Florence and Elizabeth. Military service and education Merriman served for three years as a soldier in the 12th Ohio Cavalry in the American Civil War (1863–65), attaining the rank of corporal. Following the end of the war, he attended the Washington Academy in Ohio, and the Harlem Springs Seminary. He then attended Scio College, earning the B.A. degree (1873) and the M.A. degree (1877) from Allegheny College. Ordained ministry and missionary service Merriman entered the ministry of the Pittsburgh Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merriman Smith
Albert Merriman Smith (February 10, 1913 – April 13, 1970) was an American wire service reporter, notably serving as White House correspondent for United Press International and its predecessor, United Press. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1964 for his coverage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 by Lyndon B. Johnson. Background Albert Merriman Smith was born on February 10, 1913, in Savannah, Georgia. Career Known by his middle name (and his nickname, "Smitty"), Smith covered US presidents from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Richard Nixon and originated the practice of closing presidential news conferences with "Thank You, Mr. President," which was the title of his 1946 book, written during his coverage of the Harry Truman administration. That honor, accorded the senior wire service reporter present at presidential news conferences, became more popularly known when it was continued by Smith's UPI colleague Helen T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Merriman
Colonel William Merriman (2 April 1838 – 11 March 1917) was a British officer in the Royal Engineers who played as a goalkeeper in three FA Cup Finals, winning the cup in 1875. Family and education Merriman was born at 13 Young Street, Kensington, London on 2 April 1838, the eighth of nine children of Dr John Merriman (1800–1881) and his wife Caroline née Jones (1800–1870), and was baptised at St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington on 25 May 1838. His father, grandfather John (1774–1839) and uncle James Nathaniel (1806–1854) were all physicians to HM Queen Victoria. Merriman was educated at Kensington School, before attending Addiscombe Military Seminary (where officers were trained for service with the army of the East India Company) in 1856. Military career He joined the East India Company's Royal Engineers with the rank of ensign on 12 December 1856 "during the period of his being placed under the command of Colonel Sandham, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truman A
Truman may refer to: Media * ''Truman'' (book), a biography of Harry S. Truman by David McCullough * ''Truman'' (1995 film), 1995 film based on the book by McCullough * ''Truman'' (2015 film), 2015 Spanish-Argentine film People * Truman (surname) ** Harry S. Truman (1884–1972), 33rd U.S. president * Truman (given name) **Truman Capote (1924–1984), American writer and actor Places in the United States * Truman, Minnesota, a city * Truman, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Truman, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Other uses *Truman's Brewery, a former London's famous brewery closed in 1989 *Truman High School (other) *Truman Sports Complex, Kansas City, Missouri, USA *Truman State University, Missouri, USA * USS ''Harry S Truman'' (CVN-75) *''The Truth about Truman School'', a 2008 children's book by Dori Hillestad Butler See also * Truman House (other) *Trumann, Arkansas Trumann is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Merriman
Stefan William Merriman (born 24 March 1973 in Tauranga, New Zealand) is a former professional motorcycle trials and enduro rider. He won the World Enduro Championship in 2000 (250cc), 2001 (400cc), 2003 (250cc), and 2004 (Enduro 1). Career Merriman began riding trials at an early age. In 1985 when he was 12 years old and competing against adult riders, he won the clubman class at the New Zealand Trials Championship riding a Fantic 80. Two years later when he was 14, he won the New Zealand Experts Championship. In August 1989 he won a two-day international youth trial at Scarborough. and while he was in England, he also finished second in the YMSA youth six days trial in Derbyshire. When he returned to New Zealand he won the expert class at the 1989 New Zealand Trials Championship. In 1990 he moved to Yorkshire to live and in May was 10th in the Scottish Six Days Trial (SSDT) and received the award for best newcomer. The following year he finished 15th in the SSDT and in 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawne Merriman
Shawne DeAndre Merriman (born May 25, 1984), nicknamed "Lights Out", is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins and was selected 12th overall by the San Diego Chargers in the 2005 NFL Draft. He earned NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year honors in his first season and recorded quarterback sacks in his first three seasons, also making three Pro Bowls as well as two All-Pro selections. He was hampered by injuries his next three seasons, and the Chargers waived Merriman midseason in 2010. He was picked up through waivers by the Buffalo Bills that season, but he only played minimally with the Bills due to continued injuries. He was released by the Bills before the 2012 season before they re-signed him mid-season. He retired at the end of the 2012 season. Early life Merriman grew up in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. He earned his nickname "Lights Out" at Frederick Dougla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
