Merriam can refer to:
People
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Alan P. Merriam (1923–1980), American ethnomusicologist
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Charles Edward Merriam (1874–1953), American political scientist
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Charles W. Merriam (1877–1961), American insurance businessman and politician
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Clinton Hart Merriam
Clinton Hart Merriam (December 5, 1855 – March 19, 1942) was an American zoologist, mammalogist, ornithologist, entomologist, ecologist, ethnographer, geographer, naturalist and physician. He was commonly known as the 'father of mammalogy', a ...
(1855–1942), American zoologist and anthropologist
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Clinton Levi Merriam
Clinton Levi Merriam (March 25, 1824 – February 18, 1900) was a United States representative from New York.
Merriam was born in Leyden, Lewis County, New York on March 25, 1824. He attended the common schools and Copenhagen Academy, Cop ...
(1824–1900), United States Representative from New York
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Eve Merriam (1916–1992), American poet
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Frank Merriam
Frank Finley Merriam (December 22, 1865 – April 25, 1955) was an American Republican politician who served as the 28th governor of California from June 2, 1934 until January 2, 1939. Assuming the governorship at the height of the Great Depress ...
(1865–1955), American politician and 28th governor of California
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Gordon Phelps Merriam (1899–1999), American soldier and diplomat
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Henry Clay Merriam
Henry Clay Merriam (November 13, 1837 – November 18, 1912) was a United States Army general. He received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions as a Union officer in command of African American tro ...
, American general
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John Campbell Merriam
John Campbell Merriam (October 20, 1869 – October 30, 1945) was an American paleontologist, educator, and conservationist. The first vertebrate paleontologist on the West Coast of the United States, he is best known for his taxonomy of ver ...
(1869–1945), American paleontologist
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William Rush Merriam
William Rush Merriam (July 26, 1849February 18, 1931) was an American politician and banker. A Republican, he served as the eighth Governor of Minnesota from 1889 to 1893.
Life and career
Merriam was born in Wadham's Mills, New York, the son of ...
(1849–1934), American politician and 11th governor of Minnesota
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George Merriam
George Merriam (; January 20, 1803 – June 22, 1880) was an American publisher. With his brother Charles, he founded G. and C. Merriam, which would eventually become Merriam-Webster, Inc.
The Merriam family were printers, book manufacturers, ...
(1803–1880) and his brother Charles, founders of G. and C. Merriam, later Merriam-Webster
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Sarah A. L. Merriam (1971–), American lawyer and judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Places in the United States
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Merriam, Indiana
Merriam is an unincorporated community in Noble Township, Noble County, in the U.S. state of Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 State ...
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Merriam, Kansas
Merriam is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 11,098. Merriam is included in the Shawnee Mission postal designation. It is als ...
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Merriam, Minnesota
Merriam was a town in Scott County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The town has since been closed altogether.
History
Merriam was plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions ...
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Merriam Woods, Missouri
Merriam Woods is a city in Taney County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,006 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Merriam Woods is located along U.S. Route 160 and Miss ...
Other uses
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Merriam-Webster, a publishing company specializing in reference books
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Merriam's pocket mouse
Merriam's pocket mouse (''Perognathus merriami'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in northeast Mexico and New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas in the United States. Its habitat is shortgrass prairie, desert areas with sc ...
(''Perognathus merriami'')
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Merriam's wild turkey
The wild turkey (''Meleagris gallopavo'') is an upland ground bird native to North America, one of two extant species of turkey and the heaviest member of the order Galliformes. It is the ancestor to the domestic turkey, which was originally de ...
(''Meleagris gallopavo merriami'')
See also
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