Merrick
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Arts and entertainment
- Zack Merrick (1988-), Bassist in band All Time Low
- Bryn MerrickBryn MerrickBryn Merrick is a musician who was a member of Cardiff-based punk band Victimize and who later joined The Damned between 1983 and 1989. He recorded the bass for albums Phantasmagoria and Anything. He replaced Paul Gray in 1983, when Paul went to UFO...
(b. 1958), British guitarist with The Damned - Dave MerrickDave MerrickDavid Louis Merrick is an internationally published artist specializing in oil-on-canvas and oil and acrylic on artboard, portraiture of both people and wildlife...
(b. 1952), American oil-on-canvas artist - David MerrickDavid MerrickDavid Merrick was a prolific Tony Award-winning American theatrical producer.-Life and career:Born David Lee Margulois to Jewish parents in St. Louis, Missouri, Merrick graduated from Washington University, then studied law at the Jesuit-run Saint Louis University School of Law...
(1911-2000), American theatre producer - Elizabeth MerrickElizabeth MerrickElizabeth Merrick is an American author, best known as the founder and director of the Grace Reading Series and as editor of the Random House anthology This is not chick lit....
(b. c.1973), American writer and publisher - Frank MerrickFrank MerrickFrank Merrick was an English pianist in the early 1900s. He was born in Clifton, now part of Bristol.Merrick's peers included Artur Schnabel and Mark Hambourg, and he studied with Theodor Leschetizky. From 1911 to 1929, he taught at the Royal Manchester College of Music and from 1929 at the Royal...
(1886-1981), English pianist - Gordon MerrickGordon MerrickWilliam Gordon Merrick was a Broadway actor, best-selling author of gay-themed novels and one of the first authors to write about homosexual themes for a mass audience.-Early life:...
(1916–1988), gay American writer and actor - Jerry MerrickJerry MerrickJerry Merrick is an American singer-songwriter. His songs have been recorded by Richie Havens, B.J. Thomas, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Susan Tedeschi....
, American singer-songwriter - James MerrickJames MerrickJames Merrick was an English poet and scholar; M.A. Trinity College, Oxford, 1742: fellow, 1745: ordained, but lived in college. It is said that "[h]e entered into holy orders, but never could engage in parochial duty, from being subject to excessive pains in his head"...
(1720–1769), English poet - Lynn MerrickLynn MerrickLynn Merrick, born Marilyn Llewelling was an actress and a B-Western heroine of the 1940s.-Biography:She was born as Marilyn Llewelling in 1919 ibn Fort Worth, Texas....
(1919-2007), American actress - Thom MerrickThom MerrickThom Merrick is an American artist. He attended the San Francisco Art Institute, and emerged in the mid 1980s, represented by pioneer gallerists Colin de Land and Pat Hearn in New York City...
(b. 1963), American artist - Chris Hughes (record producer)Chris Hughes (record producer)Chris Hughes is a music producer and a former drummer for Adam and the Ants....
, also known as Merrick, a British record producer and musician - Merrick WattsMerrick WattsMerrick Watts is a Australian comedian, radio host and television presenter. He is best known for performing stand-up comedy and radio works as part of the comedy duo Merrick and Rosso with Tim Ross....
, of Merrick and RossoMerrick and RossoMerrick and Rosso are an Australian comedy duo, Merrick Watts and Tim Ross. The duo began in stand up comedy and first came together when they teamed up for a one off comedy show in 1996...
, an Australian comedy duo
Business
- George E. MerrickGeorge E. MerrickGeorge Edgar Merrick was a real estate developer who is best known as the planner and builder of the city of Coral Gables, Florida in the 1920s, one of the first planned communities in the United States ....
(1886-1942), real estate developer of Coral Gables, Florida - John Merrick (insurance)John Merrick (insurance)John Merrick was an African-American entrepreneur born in Clinton, North Carolina, who founded the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. Merrick was born into slavery and raised by a single mother. He began working in business and entrepreneurship early with barbershops, and he involved...
(1859–1919), African-American founder of North Carolina Mutual & Provident Insurance Company in Durham, North Carolina - Phillip MerrickPhillip MerrickPhillip Merrick was one of the original founders of webMethods, a high-flying company that went public during the Internet boom. Merrick attended Melbourne University in the early 1980s-References:...
, Australian founder of webMethods - Samuel Vaughn MerrickSamuel Vaughn MerrickSamuel Vaughan Merrick was a 19th-century American manufacturer.Born in Hallowell, Maine, Merrick left school 1816 and moved to Philadelphia...
(1801–1870), American manufacturer. - Merrick & Company (1955-Today), Engineering.
Politics and governance
- Henry MerrickHenry MerrickHenry Merrick was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Leeds North and Grenville North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1871 to 1886....
(1837-??), Canadian politician - John Merrick (ambassador) (fl. ca. 1596-1621), English ambassador to Russia
- Scott MerrickScott MerrickScott Merrick is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing the 2nd Coos District since his election in 2004. He resides in Lancaster...
(b. 1985), member of New Hampshire House of Representatives - William Duhurst MerrickWilliam Duhurst MerrickWilliam Duhurst Merrick was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1838 to 1845.Merrick was born in Annapolis, Maryland and completed preparatory studies. He later graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C..Merrick held several local offices and served in the War of 1812...
(1793-1857), US senator from Maryland - William Matthew MerrickWilliam Matthew MerrickWilliam Matthew Merrick was a United States Circuit Court judge for the District of Columbia and congressman from the fifth district of the state of Maryland.-Early life, career, and family:...
(1818-1889), United States Circuit Court judge, congressman from Maryland.
Sport
- Alan MerrickAlan MerrickAlan Ronald Merrick is a retired English-American Association football defender who played professionally in England, the North American Soccer League and the Major Indoor Soccer League...
(b. 1950), English football (soccer) player who played in the USA - Bob MerrickBob MerrickRobert 'Bob' Merrick was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the VFL.Merrick was originally from Sydney and prior to joining Fitzroy played his football with Port Melbourne, finishing the 1915 VFA season as the league's leading goalkicker...
(b. 1893), Australian Rules footballer - Ed MerrickEd MerrickEdwin J. Merrick was the 26th head college football coach for the University of Richmond Spiders located in Richmond, Virginia and he held that position for fifteen seasons, from 1951 until 1965. His career coaching record at Richmond was 53 wins, 87 losses, and 6 ties. This ranks him second at...
, American Football coach for University of Richmond Spiders - Ernie MerrickErnie MerrickErnest 'Ernie' Merrick is the Scottish former head coach for the Australian A-League football team, Melbourne Victory.-Melbourne Victory:...
(b. 1953), coach of Australian football (soccer) side Melbourne Victory - Gil MerrickGil MerrickGilbert Harold "Gil" Merrick , was an English footballer and football manager. Considered one of the best goalkeepers in the UK during the mid-1950s, Merrick was one in a long line of great Birmingham City keepers which included the likes of Johnny Schofield and Harry Hibbs...
(b. 1922), English football goalkeeper and manager - John Merrick (golfer)John Merrick (golfer)John Sampson Merrick is an American professional golfer.Merrick was born and raised in Long Beach, California. He grew up playing Recreation Park municipal golf course, a classic layout by William F. Bell. He attended Wilson Classical High School where he won the Moore League High School...
(b. 1982), American golfer - Wayne MerrickWayne MerrickLeonard Wayne Merrick is a retired former professional ice hockey player who played 774 career National Hockey League games for the St...
(b. 1952), ice hockey player - Merrick EldertonMerrick EldertonMerrick Beaufoy Elderton was an English cricketer and educator. Elderton was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Brentford, Middlesex....
(b. 1884), English cricketer
Other
- A. W. MerrickA. W. MerrickA. W. Merrick, from Denver, Colorado, published the first newspaper in Deadwood, South Dakota, the Black Hills Pioneer, along with W. A. Laughlin. The newspaper continues to be published today, but has moved its offices to Spearfish, South Dakota....
, American journalist - Joseph MerrickJoseph MerrickJoseph Carey Merrick , sometimes incorrectly referred to as John Merrick, was an English man with severe deformities who was exhibited as a human curiosity named the Elephant Man. He became well known in London society after he went to live at the London Hospital...
(1862–1890), the Elephant Man - Joseph Merrick (missionary)Joseph Merrick (missionary)Joseph Merrick was a Jamaican Baptist missionary who, assisted by Joseph Jackson Fuller, established the first successful mission on the Cameroon coast of Africa. Merrick began preaching in 1837 in Jamaica and was ordained a full missionary in 1838. In 1842, Reverend John Clarke and Dr. G. K...
(1808–1849), Jamaican missionary to Cameroon - Mary Virginia Merrick (1866-1955), foundress of the Christ Child Society
- Richard T. MerrickRichard T. MerrickRichard Thomas Merrick was a lawyer and Democratic political figure.Born in Charles County, Maryland, Merrick was the son of William D. Merrick, a member of the Maryland legislature and the United States Senate. His brother, William M. Merrick, was a federal judge and congressman from Maryland...
(1828-1885), American lawyer - Suds MerrickSuds MerrickSuds Merrick was a New York river pirate and member of the Hook Gang during the 1870s. Merrick, along with Tommy Shay, James Coffee, and Terry Le Strange, operated in the New York waterfront and involved in burglary and pickpocketing as well as raiding the nearby vessels anchored in the Hudson River...
(died 1884), New York criminal
Entertainment
- Merrick (band), a Scottish based alternative artist popularized through internet presence.
- Merrick (band), the former band featuring Inara GeorgeInara GeorgeInara Maryland George is a Los Angeles, California-based singer-songwriter, one half of The Bird and the Bee, a member of the band Merrick, with Bryony Atkinson, and a member of the trio The Living Sisters, with Eleni Mandell and Becky Stark...
, before she became a solo artist. Featured on the soundtrack to The Minus Man, Heartbreakers, a season 1 episode of Felicity, and on a Season 2 episode of Music of Grey's Anatomy - Merrick (novel)Merrick (novel)Merrick is the seventh book in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles series. This book brings together Rice's vampires and the Mayfair Witches.-Plot summary:...
, the book by Anne Rice
Fictional characters
- Jackie Merrick
- John Merrick (Buffyverse character)
- Merrick Baliton, a fictional character
- Merrick (Buffyverse), a fictional character in the Buffyverse
Places
- Robert G. Merrick School of BusinessUniversity of BaltimoreThe University of Baltimore , located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood at 1420 N. Charles Street, is part of the University System of Maryland. Through the Freshman Initiative or Lower Division Initiative, UB has transformed from an upper division university to a...
at the University of BaltimoreUniversity of BaltimoreThe University of Baltimore , located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood at 1420 N. Charles Street, is part of the University System of Maryland. Through the Freshman Initiative or Lower Division Initiative, UB has transformed from an upper division university to a... - Merrick, New YorkMerrick, New YorkMerrick is a hamlet in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, USA. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 22,097. The name "Merrick" is taken from Meroke, the name of the Algonquian tribe formerly indigenous to the area...
, a place in New York State - Merrick, GallowayMerrick, GallowayMerrick is the highest mountain in the Southern Uplands of southern Scotland and is part of the Range of the Awful Hand.The shortest route of ascent is from the car park in Glen Trool...
, the mountain in southern Scotland - Merrick, West SpringfieldMerrick, West SpringfieldMerrick is a neighborhood in the southeast corner of West Springfield, Massachusetts. Borders are, Park Ave to the north, Union St. and it's industrial buildings to the west, and Bridge St. to the south and U.S. Route 5. Downtown is to the north and northwest and the neighborhood Memorial, is to...
a neighborhood in Western Massachusetts