R. B. Merriman
R. B. Merriman | |
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Born | Roger Bigelow Merriman May 24, 1876 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Died | September 7, 1945 Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada | (aged 69)
Education |
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Occupation | Historian |
Spouse |
Dorothea Foote (m. 1904) |
Children | 4 |
Roger Bigelow Merriman (May 24, 1876 – September 7, 1945) was an American historian and a practitioner of scientific historiography developed by German historians. He is known especially for his multivolume history of the Spanish Empire.[1]
Biography
R. B. Merriman was born in Boston on May 24, 1876, the only child of Daniel Merriman, minister of the Central Congregational Church in Worcester, Massachusetts, and the artist and art collector Helen Bigelow Merriman.[2][3] His maternal grandfather was Erastus Brigham Bigelow, an inventor of weaving machinery.[2]
Merriman entered
Merriman taught at Harvard for many years. He was initially hired in 1902 as an instructor and was later promoted to assistant professor (1908) and full professor (1918). He served for a time as master of
The course he taught on the Spanish Empire gave the impetus for his research and voluminous publication on the topic.
Works
- The Life and Letters of Thomas Cromwell (London, 1902)
- The Rise of the Spanish Empire (4 vols., 1918–34)
- Suleiman the Magnificent 1520-1566 (Cambridge, Mass., 1944)
Personal life
Merriman married Dorothea Foote on June 2, 1904, and they had four children: Roger, Daniel, Dorothea, and Helen.[3][4]
He died at Saint Andrews, New Brunswick on September 7, 1945.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e Garrett Mattingly, "The Historian of the Spanish Empire", in Latin American History: Essays on its Study and Teaching, section III, "Pioneers, 1900-1918", vol. 1, p. 99. reprinted from The American Historical Review, 54::32-48 (Oct. 1948).
- ^ a b "Merriman Family Papers". Massachusetts Historical Society.
- ^ a b Harvard College Class of 1896 Secretary's Fifth Report. June 1916. pp. 186–187. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e C.K.S. "Roger Bigelow Merriman". American Antiquarian Society, October 1945, pp. 245-47. (Obituary)
- ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
- ^ "Prof. Roger Merriman of Harvard Dies at 69". The Boston Globe. September 7, 1945. pp. 1, 9. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.