# Colyer Meriwether

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{{Short description|American historian, educator, and writer}}
'''Colyer Meriwether''' (8 April 1858 – 26 August 1920) was an American historian, educator, and writer.<ref name="ancestry">[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tmsirecords/colyermeriwetherbiography.html "Colyer Meriwether" at Ancestry.com], citing Rossiter Johnson. (1904). ''The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans''; retrieved 2013-6-7.</ref>

==Early life==
Meriwether was born in Clark’s Hill, South Carolina. He earned an undergraduate degree at [Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University) in 1886, and the university awarded him a Ph.D. in 1893.<ref name="ancestry"/>

==Career==
In 1889–1892, Meriwether was employed by the Japanese government in [Sendai](/source/Sendai).<ref name="ancestry"/>

He was elected a member of the [Asiatic Society of Japan](/source/Asiatic_Society_of_Japan) and the [American Historical Association](/source/American_Historical_Association). He was secretary and treasurer of the [Southern History Association](/source/Southern_History_Association).<ref name="ancestry"/>

==Selected works==
* ''History of Higher Education in South Carolina,'' 1889
* ''Date Masamune and His Embassy to Rome,'' 1892

==See also==
* [Foreign government advisors in Meiji Japan](/source/Foreign_government_advisors_in_Meiji_Japan)

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