Mercer may refer to:

Business

Mercer (car) Mercer was an United States of America, American automobile manufacturer from 1909 until 1925. It was notable for its high-performance cars, especially the Type 35 Raceabout. History The Mercer Automobile Company was formed in May 1909 in Tren ...

, a defunct American automobile manufacturer (1909–1925) *

Mercer (consulting firm) Mercer is an American consulting firm founded in 1945. It is one of the four operating subsidiaries of global professional services firm Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC). Mercer is headquartered in New York City with offices in 43 countries and oper ...

, a large human resources consulting firm headquartered in New York City *

Mercer (occupation) Mercery (from French , meaning "habderdashery" (goods) or "haberdashery" (a shop trading in textiles and notions) initially referred to silk, linen and fustian textiles among various other piece goods imported to England in the 12th century. ...

, a merchant or trader, more specifically a merchant who deals in textiles (mercery) *

Mercer Pottery Company The Mercer Pottery Company is a defunct American pottery company. The backstamp on many of its pottery pieces indicates it was founded in 1865 in Trenton, New Jersey. It was then purchased in 1875 by James Moses. The company ran successfully until t ...

, a defunct American company *

Mercer Union Mercer Union is a Canadian artist-run centre in Toronto, Ontario, established in 1979 to exhibit contemporary art. History Mercer Union was founded in 1979 by artists Michael Balfe, Peter Blendell, Ric Evans, Peter Hill, Jamie Lyons, David MacW ...

, an artist-run centre in downtown Toronto, Ontario * A member of the London guild of the

Worshipful Company of Mercers The Worshipful Company of Mercers is the premier Livery Company of the City of London and ranks first in the order of precedence of the Companies. It is the first of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies. Although of even older origin, the c ...

Education

Mercer University Mercer University is a private research university with its main campus in Macon, Georgia. Founded in 1833 as Mercer Institute and gaining university status in 1837, it is the oldest private university in the state and enrolls more than 9,000 ...

, a private, coeducational university with its main campus in Macon, Georgia, United States.

People

Mercer (surname) Mercer is an English and Scottish surname. It is an occupational name, derived from the Old French word "mercier" or "merchier", meaning a merchant: originally one trading in textiles (mercery). People Academics *Alison Mercer (born 1954), New ...

, a list of people with the surname *

Mercer (given name) Mercer is the given name of: * Mercer Barrows, American television producer, art director and writer * Mercer Ellington (1919–1996), American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger * Mercer Mayer (born 1943), American children's book writer and il ...

, a list of people so named

Places

United States

Fort Mercer Fort Mercer was a earthen fort on the Delaware River on its New Jersey shore constructed by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Built by Polish engineer Thaddeus Kosciuszko under the command of George Washington, Fort Me ...

, American Revolution fort along the Delaware River in New Jersey *

Mercer, Iowa Mercer Township is one of twelve Township (United States), townships in Adams County, Iowa, Adams County, Iowa, United States, USA. At the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, its population was 153. Geography Mercer Township covers an area o ...

, an unincorporated community *

Mercer, Maine Mercer is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The town was named after Revolutionary War hero Brigadier General Hugh Mercer. The population was 709 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the ...

, a town *

Mercer, Missouri Mercer is a city in Mercer County, Missouri, Mercer County, Missouri, United States. The population was 263 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Mercer was platted in the 1870s when the railroad was extended to that point. The co ...

, a city *

Mercer, North Carolina Mercer (formerly, Mercersville) is an unincorporated community in southwestern Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. It lies at an elevation of . Dr. A. B. Nobles House and McKendree Church was listed on the National Register of Histo ...

, an unincorporated community *

Mercer, North Dakota Mercer is a city in McLean County, North Dakota, McLean County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 88 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Mercer was founded in 1905 along a now-abandoned branch line of the Northern Pacifi ...

, a city *

Mercer, Ohio Mercer is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. History Mercer was laid out in 1833. A post office was established at Mercer in 1837, and remained in operation until 1957. The community's original name was "Mila ...

, an unincorporated community *

Mercer, Pennsylvania Mercer is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in and the county seat of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,982 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is part of the Mahoning Vall ...

, a borough *

Mercer, Tennessee Mercer is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. It is located along State Route 138 halfway between Interstate 40 and Toone, just east of the Hatchie River. Mercer has a post office; its zip code is 38392. D ...

, an unincorporated community *

Mercer, Wisconsin Mercer is a town in southern Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,732 at the 2000 census. The census-designated place of Mercer and the unincorporated communities of Carter and Manitowish are located within the town. Merc ...

, a town *

Mercer (CDP), Wisconsin Mercer is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the town of Mercer, Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. Mercer is located on US Highway 51 (US 51) south-southeast of Hurley. Mercer has a post office with ZIP code 54547. As o ...

, an unincorporated census-designated place *

Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens (over 250 acres) are county botanical gardens with an arboretum and natural areas located at 22306 Aldine Westfield Road in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. They are open daily with free admi ...

, Harris County, Texas *

Mercer Arena Mercer Arena (previously known as the Exposition Building, Civic Ice Arena and Seattle Center Arena) was a performing arts venue located at the corner of Mercer Street and Fourth Avenue North in Seattle, Washington. It was built in 1927 adjacent ...

, Seattle, Washington, a performing arts venue *

Mercer Caverns Mercer Caverns is a show cave located one mile north of Murphys in Calaveras County California. It is named after the gold prospector Walter J. Mercer who discovered the caves around 1885 and filed a claim. The caverns have a large number of s ...

, Murphys, California *

Mercer County (disambiguation) Mercer County is the name of several counties in the United States: * Mercer County, New Jersey * Mercer County, Illinois * Mercer County, Kentucky * Mercer County, Missouri * Mercer County, North Dakota * Mercer County, Ohio * Mercer County, Pe ...

Mercer House (Savannah, Georgia) Mercer House (now called Mercer Williams House Museum) is located at 429 Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia. Completed in 1868, it occupies the southwestern civic block of Monterey Square. The house was the scene of the 1981 shooting death of ...

Mercer Island, Washington Mercer Island is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located on an island of the same name in the southern portion of Lake Washington. Mercer Island is in the Seattle metropolitan area, with Seattle to its west and Bellevue to i ...

Mercer Lake Mercer Lake, also known as Lake Mercer, is a man-made lake within Mercer County Park in West Windsor, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. History The lake came into being with the 1975 construction of a dam to control flooding on the Assu ...

, West Windsor, New Jersey a man-made lake *

Mercer Museum The Mercer Museum is a museum located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The Bucks County Historical Society operates the Mercer Museum, as well as the Research Library, and Fonthill Castle, former home of the museum's founder, archeologist Henry Chapm ...

, a National Historic Landmark in Doylestown, Pennsylvania *

Mercer Oak The Mercer Oak was a large white oak tree that stood in Princeton Battlefield State Park in Princeton, New Jersey. The tree was about 300 years old when it was torn by strong winds in March 2000. It was the emblem of Princeton Township and appeared ...

, a large white oak tree that stood in Princeton Battlefield State Park in Princeton *

Mercer Township (disambiguation) Mercer Township may refer to: * Mercer Township, Mercer County, Illinois * Mercer Township, Adams County, Iowa * Mercer Township, McLean County, North Dakota, in McLean County, North Dakota * Mercer Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania Mercer Tow ...

Antarctica

Mount Mercer (Antarctica) Athos Range () is the northernmost range in the Prince Charles Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. The range consists of many individual mountains and nunataks that trend east–west for along the north side of Scylla Glacier. These ...

Mercer Ice Stream Mercer Ice Stream (), formerly Ice Stream A, flows west to Gould Coast to the south of Whillans Ice Stream, Antarctica. It is the southernmost of several major ice streams draining from Marie Byrd Land into the Ross Ice Shelf. The ice streams were ...

, Marie Byrd Land *

Mercer Ridge Mercer Ridge () is a prominent, partly ice-free ridge that forms the southwest end of Mount Schopf in the Ohio Range of the Horlick Mountains, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after glacial geologist John H. Merc ...

, Marie Byrd Land *

Mercer Lake (Antarctica) Mercer Subglacial Lake is a subglacial lake in Antarctica covered by a sheet of ice thick; the water below is hydraulically active, with water replacement times on the order of a decade from the Ross Sea. Studies suggest that Mercer Subglacial L ...

, West Antarctica

Elsewhere

Mercer, New Zealand Mercer is a village in the Waikato District Council area of the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is 70 km north of Hamilton and 58 km south of Auckland, on the east bank of the Waikato River, 2 km south of it ...

, a village *

Mercer Bay Cumberland West Bay is a bay forming the western arm of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. It is entered southward of Larsen Point, where it is wide, and extends in a southwest direction. It is separated from Cumberland East Bay by Thatcher Penin ...

, South Georgia Island *

Mercer 3 Mercer 3, also known as GLIMPSE-C02, is a heavily obscured globular cluster embedded in the disk of the Milky Way galaxy. It was discovered in 2008 in the data obtained by 2MASS and Spitzer Space Telescope, GLIMPSE infrared surveys, and independe ...

, a globular cluster of the Milky Way galaxy

Other uses

Mercer's condition In mathematics, specifically functional analysis, Mercer's theorem is a representation of a symmetric Definite bilinear form, positive-definite function on a square as a sum of a convergent sequence of product functions. This theorem, presented in ...

* USS ''Mercer'', two ships *

Mercer (G.I. Joe) Mercer is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and animated series. He is a member of the G.I. Joe Team as one of Sgt. Slaughter (G.I. Joe), Sgt. Slaughter's Renegades and debuted in 1987. Profile His ...

, a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe * Wilbur Mercer, a fictional character in the Philip K. Dick novel ''

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? ''Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'' (retroactively retitled ''Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'' in some later printings) is a dystopian science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in 1968. Th ...

'' *

Mercer (The Walking Dead) Mercer (full name in the television series: Michael Mercer) is a fictional character from the comic book series '' The Walking Dead'' and the television series of the same name, where he is portrayed by Michael James Shaw. Comic book series Merce ...

, a fictional character from The Walking Dead

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