About Colyer Meriwether
Lived 1858 – 1920 (aged 62). Colyer Meriwether was a historian and pedagogue.
Colyer Meriwether (8 April 1858 – 26 August 1920) was an American historian, educator, and writer.
Early life Meriwether was born in Clark’s Hill, South Carolina. He earned an undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins University in 1886, and the university awarded him a Ph.D. in 1893.
Career In 1889–1892, Meriwether was employed by the Japanese government in Sendai.
He was elected a member of the Asiatic Society of Japan and the American Historical Association. He was secretary and treasurer of the Southern History Association.
Selected works History of Higher Education in South Carolina, 1889 Date Masamune and His Embassy to Rome, 1892
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Colyer Meriwether was a historian and pedagogue.
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