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MERRITT, Ernest :
Educator, physicist : b. Indianapolis, Inc., April 28, 1865: s. George and Paulina R. (McClung) Merritt; grad. Cornell Univ., M.E., 1886: student at Univ. of Berlin, 1893- 94; m. Kansas City, Mo., 1901, Bertha A. Sutermeister; one daughter, Louise S., b. Nov., 1904. Grad. Student, 1887-88, instr. physics, 1889-92, ass't prof., 1592-1903, prof. ' physics since 1993, Cornell Univ. Asso. editor Physical Review. Author of numerous articles on subjects connected with physics. Fellow A. A. A. S. (sec. 1895, v .- p. 1900, Sec- tion B) : sec. Am. Physical Soc .; mem. Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Psi. Club: Town and Gown. Address: 39 East Av., Ithaca, N. Y.
MERRITT, Schuyler :
Manufacturer; b. N. Y. City, 1853: s. Mat- thew Franklin and Maria ( Shaw) Merritt; grad. Yale Coll .. 153, Columbia Law Sch., 1876: in. Stamford, Conn., 1:79, Frances Hoyt; children: Lonise HI . Katharine K. V .- p. and director Yale & Towne Mf'g Co., director Va. Iron, Coal & Coke Co .; pres. and direc. tor Stamford Nat. Bank (Conn.) ; director Am. Tube and Stamping Co. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs: Reform, University. Residence :
Stamford, Conn. Address: 9 Murray St., N. Y. City.
MERRITT, William Jenks:
Banker and broker: b. Boston, Mass .: s. Jerome Merritt, (a wealthy merchant and ship owner, who in his youth, as a civil eng'r, assisted in surveying the second railroad built in the U. S. from Mauch Chunk to Pottsville. Pa. ) and of Sarah Judith (Jenks) Merritt. d. Rev. William Jenks ( Harvard, 197: DD., L.f.D., etc .. author of the Comprehensive Commentary of the Bible, etc.) : descendant in 7th generation of Joseph Jenks of Lyn, Mass. (first iron
founder, cast dies for the pine tree shilling), builder of first fire engine, inventor, etc., and 9th generation from Jacob Willard, soldier in Narragansett Expu'n. Ed. Chapman Hall (private) School, Boston; m. May 26, 1:07, Nina, d. Friend Pitts, merchant of N. Y. City. At beginning of Civil War became member and afterward 2d lieut. Mass. Rite Club, from which was formed 2d Mass. In- fantry; commissioned by Gov. Andrew Ist lieut. Oct. 24, 1864, Co. C, 2d Reg't. 1st Brigade, Ist Div. M. V. M. (Color Com- pany) ; honorably discharged, June 29, 1807. Began business life as broker in State St., Boston, afterward removing to N. Y. City. Director Mercantile Library. 1885. trustee Hanhneman Hospital, 1897, vice.pres., 1995: treas. Atlas Improvement Co., 1901. Active in club life since les9. Member Republican Club, (served on Governing Com., clim'n House Com., chm'n Lincoln Dinner Com. ). mem. Lotos Club, 1895, Union League Club. 1996 (mem. House Com., 19.6, Campaign Com., 1906, Admission Com., 1905) : mem. Chamber of Commerce, 1899. Address: Union League Club, N. Y. City.
MERSHON, Ralph Davenport :
Consulting eng'r: b. Zanesville. O., July 14, 1868; s. Ralph S. and Mary J. (Jones ) Mershon; ed. Zanesville High Sch., and after a year's experience in railroad location and construction entered Ohio State Univ., from which was grad. M.E., 1890. Ass't in physics during senior year. and ass't in elec. eng'ring, 1890-91, Ohio State Univ. En- tered laboratory of Westinghouse Elee. and Mt'g Co., fall of 1891; represented West- inghouse Co. at World's Columbian Exp'n. Chicago, 1:93, in the tests of Westinghouse apparatus for awards: made, 196, in vicinity of Telluride. Colo., high voltage experiments and measurements on a transmission line. the first of the kind ever made; for three years (1904-07) carried on at Niagara Falls further experiments similar to those at Tell- uride, the expense of which was defrayed by men prominently connected with electrical enterprises, the results of which measure- ments were made public in paper read before Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, 1905. Left Westing- house Co .. 1900, to take consulting practice in elec. and mech. eng'ring: is retained by large interests in U. S., and has been re- tained by African Concessions Syndicate. Ltd., and Victoria Falls Power Co., of Lon- don. England, in connection with the pro- posed development of power at Victoria Falls, on the Zambesi River, and the trans. mission of power to Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand, a distance of 700 miles. Hus made a specialty of high voltage, longalis- tance power transmission : inventor of nu- merons electric devices now in use. for one of which received the JJohn Scott Medal of the Franklin Inst. of Philadelphia. Mi .: n. and former v.p. Am. list. Like. Eners; mem. Canadian Soc. Civil Ens'rs; Am. Elec- tro Chemical Soe., Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs; mem. Institution of Elec. Eng'rs ( British ) : follow .A. A. 1. S .: mom. Franklin Inst .. Philadelphia. Clnhs: Lawyers, Engineers. l'niversity ( N. (ity ) : St. James ( Montreal). Address: 00 Wall St., N. Y. City.
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MERWIN, Milton Hervey:
Jurist; b. Leyden, N. Y., June 16, 1832; s. Alanson and Amanda (Kimball) Merwin; ed. Oneida Conf. Sem. and Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1852; m. 1858, Helen E. Knapp, of Middle Granville, N. Y. Entered the office of Joseph Mullin, at Watertown, N. Y., fall of 1852, to study law; admitted to bar, 1853; commeneed practice of law in Watertown. Elected sur- rogate of Jefferson Co., 1559, and served four years; in Oct., 1874, appt'd, and, Nov., 187}, elected justice Supreme Court ; reelected, 1888, terin expiring Dec. 31. 1902; appt'd to General Term of Supreme Court, Is&S; served till 1895; appellate division of Supreme Court, 1895-1901. Resident of U'tica from 1874. Resi- dence: 56 Rutger St. Address: Mann Build- ing, Utica, N. Y.
MERWIN, Nelson Lawrence:
Dentist; b. Valatie, Columbia Co., N. Y., Jan. 18, 1867; s. John W. and Marie Esther (Lawrence) Merwin; grad. Kinderhook Acad., Kinderhook, N. Y., A.B., N. Y. Coll. Den- tistry, D.D.S., 1888; m. Fonda, N. Y., June 24, 1891, Mary Esther Burtch; children: Harriet Burtch, b. 1898, Charlotte Marie, b. 1903. En- gaged in practice as dentist from graduation. Pres. Anti-Friction Handle Co .; pres. Am- sterdam Laundry Co .; prop'r Nelson L. Mer- win Automobiles and Supplies. Traveled in Europe summer of 188S and 19.0. Republican ; Presbyterian. Mem. Fourth Dist. Dental Soc., State of N. Y. Mason, Elk. Recreation : Enthusiastic automobilist. Clubs : Fort Johnson, Antlers Country. Address: 309 Guy Park Av., Amsterdam, N. Y.
MERWIN, Samuel:
Journalist; b. Evanston, Ill., Oct. 6. 1874; s. Orlando H. and Ellen (Bannister) Merwin; ed. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, III. : m. Evanston, Ill., June 25, 1901, Edna Fleshiem. Author of several novels, including: The Road to Frontenac: His Little World; The Merry Anne; The Road Builders; Drugging a Nation. Also author (in collaboration with H. K. Webster) of Calumet K; The Short-Line War, and Comrade John : contributor to many magazines. Traveled in China, 1907, as correspondent for Success Magazine, and is now associate editor of that magazine. Club: Beta Theta Pi. Ad- dress: Success Magazine, 29 E. 22d St., N. Y. City.
MESEROLE, Benjamin Richardson:
Civil eng'r and city surveyor; b. Brooklyn, April 2, 1860; s. Jeremiah Vanderbilt and Ann S. (Richardson) Meresole: ed. Adelphi Acad., and Polytechnic Inst., Brooklyn; m. May Wolcott; children: Wolcott. b. 1891, Jeremiah V., b. 1594. Engaged in practice as civil eng'r and as city surveyor, City of N. Y .; owner of Meserole City Surveying Co. Director Citizens' Trust Co. of Brook- lyn. Republican. Mem. Polo Ass'n. Clubs: Brooklyn, Riding and Driving. Crescent Ath- letic. Address: 4s1 Washington Av., Brook- Isn, N. Y.
MESEROLE, Clinton Vanderbilt :
Fire insurance; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oet. 6. 1876; s. Jeremiah Vandervilt and Ann Sophia ( Richardson ) Meserole :
grad. Princeton Univ .. B.S., 1998: m. Germantown. Pa., Max 2, 1905, Ida Lewis Brooke. Engaged in in- surance business since graduation ; partner
in firm of Jameson & Frelinghuysen. V .- p. and director Stuyvesant Insurance Co .; v. p. and director Pacific Fire Ins. Co .; director Welmington Fire Ins. Co. Clubs: Princeton. (N. Y. City) ; Crescent Athletic (Brooklyn .. Dyker Meadow Golf, Englewood Golf. dence : 510 Washington Av., Brooklyn. _ Id- dress: 76 William St., N. Y. City.
MESEROLE, Darwin J .:
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 27, 1508: s. Jeremiah V. and Ann S. ( Richardson) Meserole; ed. public schools and Brooklyn Poly. Inst .; at age of 30 studied law; grad. LL.B., N. Y. Law Sch., 1900; in. Waterbury, Coun., June 24, 1899, Katherine L. Maltby. Engaged in Wall Street from 1885-1992: on Stock Exchange, 199-91; in philanthropic work, 1892-1901; practising law since 19º1. Managing att'y and director The Cooperative Law Co. Socialist. Mem. Plymouth Church (Congregational). Address: Temple Bar, + Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
MESEROLE, Walter Monfort:
Civil eng'r; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 5, 1861; s. Adrian and Mary O. ( Monfort) Mes- erole; ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst., 1873- 77; Columbia Coll., Sch. of Mines, C.E., 1ss1; m. Catskill, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1854, Julia Ailen du Bois (died May, 1887) ; 2d, Cairo, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1894, Ellen A. Wooster; one daughter, Katharine du Bois, b. Nov. 13, 1884 (m. April 14, 1906, Harold C. King). Has been engaged in surveys for and construction of various railroads in N. Y. State and Pa., and ter- minal facilities on N. Y. Harbor; and has specialized on development of city and su- burban real estate and the construction of municipal improvements. Appt'd, in 1-26, by Mayor Wurster, of Brooklyn, mem. Atlantic Av. Com'n, which initiated the removal of the tracks of the L. I. R. R. from the street surface and the abolishing of locomotives on Brooklyn's railroads; since 1597 comm'r on the Board for the Atlantic Av. improvement, under which that work has been carried out, and since 1901, gen. sup't of the work. Partner Meserole & Middleton, city survey- ors; sec. and director Frederick W. Rowe & Co. (Ins.), realty ; treas. and director Bras- well Drug Co .; trustee Greater N. Y. Savings Bank. Democrat (liberal). Presbyteri:in. Mem. Alunni Ass'n Columbia Univ., Hol- land Soc. of N. Y., Nat. Geog. Soc., Brooklyn League, League of Am. Wheelmen (v .- p. 1901). Altair Lodge, F. and A. M. Clubs: Brooklyn Engineers (v .- p. 1997-98, pres. 1599), Crescent Athletic, Municipal (Brooklyn). Address: 1404 Union St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
MESSENGER, Frank Hiscock:
Manufacturer; h. Brighton, Monroe County. N. Y., Oct. 15, 1822; s. Eugene L. and Eliza S. (Stillson) Messenger; ed. Buffalo and Fulton, N. Y .: m. Auburn. N. Y., July S. 1903, Julia Isabelle Ives; children : Theodore Ives, b. 1901, Charles Linthicum. b. 1905, Eleanor Louise, b. 1908. Began business ca- reer in Fulton, N. Y .: removed to Anburn, in 1:91 and entered office of 1. A. Bayd. In 1901 became half owner in Anburn Hame Co. and in 1905 the Auburn Hame Co. was merged into the U. S. Hame Co. in which he in now a director. Also pres. Auburn Auxiliary Fire Alarm Co., and associated with Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co.
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METCALFE
N. Y. City. Republican; Episcopalian; mem. | Brotherhood of St. Andrew; vestryman St. John's Church, Auburn, N. Y. Recreations: Golf, bowling, automobiling. Mem. Am. Au- tomobile Ass'n. Clubs: City of Auburn, Owasco Country, Auburn Automobile. Ad- dress: 33 Grover St., Auburn, N. Y.
MESSENGER, Hiram J .:
Actuary Travelers Ins. Co .; b. Canan- daigua, N. Y., July 6, 1855; s. Hiram J. and Luana Lola (Heaton) Messenger; ed. State Normal Sch., Cortland, N. Y., 1875, Cornell Univ., Litt.B., 1880, math. fellow les6, Ph.D., 1886; Inst. of Actuaries, London, England, 1590. Prof. mathematics, State Normal Sch., Cortland, N. Y., 1ssl; prof. mathematics, Napa (Calif.) Coll., 1881-83; acting asso. prof. mathematics, N. Y. Univ., 1886-90; in actu- arial dep't, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 1891- 98; non-resident lecturer on life, accident, liability and health insurance, Cornell Univ., 1901. Fellow Actuarial Soc. of America, fel- low Am. Statistical Soc .; fellow A. A.A. S .; mem. Am. Math. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Nat. Geog. Soc., Met. Museum of Art; trustee Am. Scenic and Historic Pres- ervation Soc. Clubs: Cornell (N. Y. City), New England ( Correll). Author of various pamphlets on life and health insurance, in- cluding: Health Insurance in the United States; The Rate of Sickness and the Gain and Loss Exhibit. Address: Care Travelers Ins. Co., Hartford, Conn.
MESSENGER, Ray Stillson:
Lawyer; b. Buffalo, N. Y., May 6, 1877; s. Eugene L. and Eliza (Stillson ) Messenger; ed. Hobart Coll., Georgetown Univ. Law Sch .. LL.B .; m. Nov. 1, 1905, Frances Janet Seward, d. William II. Seward, of Auburn, N. Y. Junior mem. law firm of Hoskins & Messen- ger. Mem. Sigma Phi Soc. Clubs: Auburn City, (Auburn, N. Y.) ; Kanadasaga (Geneva, N. Y.). Residence: 33 South St., Auburn, N. Y. Address: 541 Exchange St., Geneva, N. Y.
MESSITER, Arthur Henry:
Organist (retired) ; b. in England, April 1, 1834; s. George and Marian ( Malim) Messiter ; ed. at private school in England; musical student (articled for four years) at North- ampton, England; Mus. Doc. (honorary ) St. Stephen's Coll., Annandale, N. Y., 1>57; m. Trinity Ch., N. Y. City, Oct. 3, 1871. Mar- garet Gaddis (of Jersey City) : one son and two daughters, all married. Came to U. S. in 1861; for 31 years ( 1806-97) organist and choirmaster Trinity Ch., N. Y. City. Author: A History of the Choir and Music of Trinity Church, N. Y., 1907. Address: 20 Hamilton Terrace, N. Y. City.
METCALF, Edwin D .:
Manufacturer: b. Smithfield, R. I., March 14, 1848; s. William and Nancy E. (Crook ) Metcalf: ed. Westford ( Mass.) Acad .; m. Fall River, Mass., Sept. 11, 1873. Carrie METCALFE, James Stetson: W. Flint; children: Edwin F. (Harvard, Editor, critic. author: b. Buffalo, N. Y., June 27. ISSN: s. James H. and Erzelia F. (Stetson) Metcalfe; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .: grad. Yale. A.B .. 1579. A.M .. 1-02: m. Ist. Batavia. N. Y., 1996, Edith Williams: 2d. N. Y. City, 1904, Elizabeth Tyree. Editor and publisher The Modern Age, 1>>3 St: ed. 1900), Harold (Yale. 1904), Stanley W. Pres. Columbian Rope Co .: v .- p. D. M. Orbonie & Co., Cayuga Savings Bank ; di. rector Cayuga Co. Nat. Bank: pres. AAuburn & Northern R. R ; director Auburn & Syra- cuse R. R., Mass. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Mass. Mem. staff Gov. Geo. D. Robinson, 3 | itorial writer on staff of Buffalo Express,
years; ass't q .- m .- gen. Mass. Vols. Was mayor of Springfield, Mass., and mem. Mass. House of Representatives and Senate. Pres. Auburn City Hosp. Has been in Europe 9 times on business and for pleasure. Re- publican. Clubs: City, Cayuga Country (Au- burn, N. Y.) ; also clubs in Springfield, Mass., and Syracuse, N. Y. Address: 86 South St., Auburn, N. Y.
METCALF, Lorettus Sutton:
Editor, retired; b. Monmouth, Me., Oct. 17, 1837; s. Mason J. and Hannah E. (Welch) Metcalf ; ed. Boston public schools and Mon- mouth Acad., with private instruction in spe- cial branches; honorary A.M., Bates Coll., LL.D., Iowa Coll .: m. Sept. 2, 1501, Amanda A. Lemont, of Bath, Me .; children : Fred L., b. Aug. 11, 1865, Frank M., b. Aug. 27, 1867. Edited and published several weekly newspapers in Mass. in early life; came to N. Y. City, 1877; for nine years was managing editor and business mg'r North Amn. Review, then founded the Forum, and edited that for five years; afterward established the Daily Citizen, Jacksonville, Fla., and continued in charge of it for three or four years. Club: Authors. Address: Care Authors Club, Sev- enth Av. and 56th St., N. Y. City.
METCALFE, Henry:
Captain, U. S. A., retired; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 29, 1847; s. Dr. John T. Metcalfe; ed. in private schools, Morristown, N. J., and New Rochelle, N. Y., and admitted to U. S. Mil. Acad., in Aug., 1863; grad. June, 1869: m. April, 1870, Harriet, d. John H. Nichols, of Washington, D. C. On graduation, 1sos, as- signed to duty with Ordnance Dep't of Army, serving until retired, 1893. Was recorder Small Arms B'd, 1873. which adopted the Springfield breech-loading ride. and prepared a report which made it an authority for years on military small arms; ordered, 175, to su- perintend construction of building erected by U. S. Gov't at Centennial Exp'n, and was exec. officer of Gov't dep'ts exhibiting there- in; also appt'd to inspect small arms and am- munition being manufactured in New Eng- land for Imperial Ottoman Gov't, and arbi- trated between the Imperial officers and con- tractors in contracts aggregating many mil- lion dollars; later instr. of ordnance and gunnery at U. S. Mil. Acad .; revised and published course of instruction in ordnance and gunnery: on account of impaired eye- sight, was retired in Oct .. 1593. Author: The Cost of Manufactures and Administration of Work Shops. Since retirement has, as head of the Water Commission, introduced the water supply and sewer system of Cold Spring-on-the- Hudson. N. Y .. and as pres. school board has interested himself in public education. Received decoration of the Os- manie from Turkish Gov't. Residence: Cold Spring-on-the- Undson. Address: 147 Fourth Av., N. Y. City.
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1884-85; editor People's Pictorial Press, 1886; | METZLER, William Henry:
mg'r Am. Newspaper Publishers' Ass'n, 1886- 89; dramatic editor Life, 1ss9; literary editor Life, 1800-95; min'g editor Cosmopolitan Mag- azine, 1895. Author: Mythology for Moderns, 1900; The American Slave, 1900; Another Three Weeks, 1908. Defeated Democratic candidate for Assembly in 19th Dist., N. Y. City, 1903. In 1905 the managers of 47 theaters in Greater N. Y. voted to exclude his from their theatres. Country home: Fenimore, Bedford Station, Westchester Co. Address: 19 W. 31st St., N. Y. City.
METTLER, Amzi W .:
Clergyman; b. Rushtown, Pa., Jan. 23, 1813; s. William and Elizabeth C. ( Wolverton) Mettler; ed. Univ. at Lewisburg, Pa. (now Bucknell Univ.), 1500-66; m. Cochecton, N. Y., Dec. 30, 1868, Annie E. Tyler, who died Jan. 5, 1908. Prohibitionist; Baptist. Ad- Jress: 42 W. Genesee St., Hornell, N. Y. METZ, Herman A .:
Comptroller of the City of N. Y .; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 19, 1867; ed. in private and public schools, and later studied chemistry in the evening class of Cooper Union, after he had, at the age of 14, become office-boy with P. Schulze-Berge, founder of the various firms which later became the corporation of Victor Koechl & Co. During these changes he be- came successively laboratory assistant, clerk, city salesman, traveling salesman, Boston, agent. Chicago agent, and later mg'r, v .- p., treas. of the corporation, until in 1903 he incorporated the firm of H. 1. Metz & Co. of which he is pres. and practically sole owner. This company imports and deals in dyestuff's and chemicals, with main office in N. Y. City, and branches in Boston, Provi- dence, Philadelphia, Chicago, Charlotte, At- lanta, San Francisco, Montreal and Toronto, Canada, and Hamburg, Germany. Also pres. of present corporation of Victor Koecht & Co., which handles synthetic drugs and pharmaceutical preparations; pres. Consoli- dated Color and Chemical Co., mi'rs colors and chemicals (factories on Passaie River, New- ark, N. J.), and sole owner of Ettrick Mills, Auburn, Mass., mf'rs carpets and rugs; pres. Stoneville Co. which owns the land, real estate and water-rights and the village of Stoneville, in the town of Auburn, Mass. where the Ettrick Mills are situated. Served as mem. School B'd of Brooklyn, and B'd of Education of Greater N. Y., under ap- pointment by Mayor Van Wyck; elected, 1905, comptroller City of N. Y., on the Democratic ticket: appointed by Governor Hughes mem. Charter Revision Comm'n, cap- tain and commissary 14th Reg't, N. G. N. Y. Pres. Kings County Democratic Club; former pres. National Civie Club and Brooklyn Dem- ocratie Club of Brooklyn, N. Y .; trustee Nat. Democratic Club of N. Y .; v.p. L. I. Auto- mobile Club and Chemists' Club of N. Y. Mem. Soc. Chem. Industry of London, Verein Deutscher Chemiker, Dresden, Am. Chem. Soc., Electro-Chem. Soc., Chamber of Commerce, B'd of Trade & Transportation, Merchants' Ass'n, Manufacturers' AAss'n. Clubs: Y. Athletic, Crescent Athletic, Salmagundi, Army and Navy, Montauk. Lincoln, Hanover, German, Manhattan, Riding and Driving, Reform. City. Residence: 253 Clinton Av .. Brooklyn. Addresses: 122 Hudson St. Comp. troller's office : 250 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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Mathematician, educator; b. Odessa. Ont .. Can., Sept. 18, 1963; s. George Frederick and Anna ( Shannon) Metzler; ed. publie and high schools of Ontario, Toronto Univ .. A.B. ( with honors in mathematics), le&c; Clark Univ. ( Worcester, Mass.), Ph.D., 1:92; m. Dundonald, Ont., Jan. 2, 1890, Augusta L. Philp; children: Augusta, b. 1895, Gerald. b. 1897, Helen, b. 1901. Instr. in mathematics. Mass. Inst. Technology, 1890-92; Francis H. Root prof. and head dep't of mathematics, Syracuse Univ. Republican. Mem. M. E.
Church. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi .. Am. Math. Soc., London Math. Soc., British Ass'n Adv. Science, Math. Ass'n (Enz. land), Deutscher Mathematiker Vereinigung. Société Mathematique de France, Circolo Matematico di Palermo; honorary fellow Roy- al Soc. Canada; fellow Royal Soc. Edin- burgh; fellow A. A. A. S .. Associate editor Journal of Pedagogy; author of various mathematical papers published in the lead- ing mathematical journals of this country and Europe. Address: 724 Comstock Av., Syra- cuse, N. Y.
MEURY, Edward Godfred Walter:
Clergyman; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1874; s. Rev. John Nicholas and Caroline Louise (Burkhartt ) Meury : ed. Rutgers Coll., A.B., 189S. A.M., 1901, New Brunswick Theo- logical Seminary, grad. 1901; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 1, 1903, Jennie. Menkel; one son, John Nicholas, b. July 6, 190S. Formerly employed by Brooklyn Children's Aid Soc. and Sumn- mer Fresh Air Work; instructor in modern languages at Miss Anabele's Sem. at New Brunswick, N. J., 1900-01. Ordained in min- istry of Reformed Church in America, 1901; ass't pastor Middle Collegiate Church N. Y. City, 1901-03: since 1903 pastor of Collegiate Church (Knox Memoria!) N. Y. City. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Beta Theta Pi fra- ternity. Chaplain Junior Order United American Mechanics. N. Y., Phi Beta Kappa Alumni of N. Y. Recreation: Tennis. Ad- dress : 301 W. 46th St., N. Y. City.
MEYER, Adolf:
Alienist and neurologist; b. Niederwenin- gen, near Zurich, Switzerland, Sept. 13, 1866; ed. Gymnasium and Univ. of Zurich: Swiss Staatsexamen, 1800: studied in Paris, Edin- burgh, London and Vienna, 1890-92; M.D., Zurich. 1892; honorary LL.D., Univ. of Glas- gow, 1901; m. Clinton, Conn .. Sept .. 1002. Mary Potter Brooks. Pathologist to Ill. Eastern Hosp. for Insane, and docent in neurology, Univ. of Chicago, 1593-95: director clinical and laboratory work Worcester In- saue Hosp., and docent in psychiatry, Clark Univ .. 1895-1902: director Pathological Inst. of N. Y. State Hosp. since 1902. Prof. clin- ieal medicine (psychopathology), Cornell Univ. Med. Coll. N. Y. City, from 1901. Was premier-lient. Swiss Sanitary Troops, 1992. Independent in politics. Zwinglian Protes- tant. Honorary mem. Boston Soc. Neurology and Psychiatry; pres. N. Y. Psychiatrical Soc .: fellow N. Y. Acad. Science: mem. Ass'n Am. Physicians, Am. Neurol. Soc. Am. Medica-Psychol. Ass'n. Ass'n Pathologists and Bacteriologists. Delegate on the part of the United States on the International Com- mittee on the Canses and Prophylaxis of Mental Diseases. Especially interested in
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organized efforts in the dissemination of knowledge about mental disorders in con- nection with the N. Y. State hospitals. Rec- reations : Music, horseback riding. Club : Century. Residence: 35 Mt. Morris Park, West. Address: Ward's Island, N. Y. City.
MEYER, Cord:
Real estate broker. Pres. and director Cord Meyer Co., Citizens' Water Supply Co., Cord Meyer Development Co .; v .- p. and direc- tor Colonial Safe Deposit Co., Colonial Trust Co .; trustee Kings County Trust Co .; director Am. Agricultural Chemical Co., Compound Magnet Brake Co., The Hanover Nat. Bank, Home Ins. Co., Internat. Steam Pump Co., Lake Charles Rice Milling Co., Lanyon Zinc Co., Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co., Windsor Trust
Co. Democrat; formerly treas. and later chm'n State Dem. Com. of N. Y., until 1906. Residence : Great Neck, L. I. Address: 62 William St., N. Y. City.
MEYER, Henry Christoph Herman:
Clergyman, editor; b. in Illinois, Nov. 21, 1874; s. Rev. Frederick William and Caro- lina (Frevert) Meyer; ed. public schools of Wis, and Calif; grad. Los Angeles High Sch., 1892; Calif. State Normal Sch., 1895; German-Wallace Coll., Berea, Ohio, A.B., 1900, A.M., 1903, Drew Theol. Sem., Madison,- N. J., B.D., 1903; post-grad. studies in philos- ophy and education, Columbia Univ .; D.D. (G. W. C.), 1908; m. Winchester, Calif., Aug. 4, 1898, Minna E. McEuen. Teacher pub- lic schools in Calif., 1895-97; pastor German M. E. Ch., Wilmington, Calif., 1997-95; prof. S. P. Coll. (German), St. Paul Park, Minn., 1900-01; ass't editor Sunday School Litera- ture, M. E. Church, 1903-08. Author: The Lesson Handbook ( International S. S. Les- sons), annually 1904-09, the Lesson Word Studies, 1905-09, also various articles in Ger- man and English magazines, etc. Indepen- dent in politics. Address: 150 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
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