| LC control no. | n 85073023 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Meany, Edmond S. (Edmond Stephen), 1862-1935 |
| Variant(s) | Meany, Edmond Stephen, 1862-1935 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Birth date | 1862-12-28 |
| Death date | 1935-04-22 |
| Place of birth | East Saginaw (Mich.) |
| Place of death | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Field of activity | History--Study and teaching (Higher) Botany--Study and teaching (Higher) State governments Environmentalism Drama |
| Affiliation | University of Washington Mountaineers (Society) |
| Profession or occupation | Historians College teachers Authors Legislators Periodical editors Environmentalists Mountaineers Indianists Dramatists University and college faculty members History teachers Historians Botanists Playwrights |
| Found in | LCCN 24-27114: His Origin of Washington geographic names, 1923 (Hdg: Meany, Edmond Stephen, 1862-1935; usage: Edmond S. Meany) LC data base, 6/24/85 (Hdg: Meany, Edmond Stephen, 1862-1935; usage: none shown) University of Washington Research website, January 6, 2017: showcase > 1894 (Edmond S. Meany, born in 1862 in East Saginaw, Michigan; arrived in Seattle in 1877. Meany graduated from the Territorial University in 1885 with a bachelor's degree in science; master's degree in science in 1889. In 1894, Meany became the UW's first registrar while also holding positions as an instructor and secretary to the UW Board of Regents; in 1897, he became a full professor and head of the UW history department, teaching courses in forestry, American history, and Pacific Northwest history. Meany served as a Washington State legislator during the 1891 and 1893 sessions. He initiated legislation that set aside 355 acres to be used for the new campus of the UW. Meany was instrumental in bringing the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to the University's campus in 1909. By studying at the University of Wisconsin during the summers, Meany earned a master of letters degree in 1901. His thesis on Chief Joseph was the beginning of Meany's research on the Indians of the Northwest and northern plains. He was president of the Mountaineers from 1908 until his death in 1935. Meany was particularly interested in Pacific Northwest history, especially Washington State history. In 1906, Meany became editor of the short-lived Washington Magazine, and shortly thereafter became managing editor of the journal Washington Historical Quarterly, a position he held for the rest of his years) Wikipedia, January 6, 2017 (Edmond S. Meany (December 28, 1862-April 22, 1935) was a professor of botany and history at the University of Washington (UW) HistoryLink website, January 6, 2017: essay 7885 (Meany, Edmond Stephen (1862-1935); Edmond Meany was one of the University of Washington's most notable history professors. His passion for state history helped promote the region at the 1893 Columbian Exposition and at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expostion. A true renaissance man, Meany was also a journalist, a botanist, a State Representative, a playwright and -- in his later years -- a mountain climber. On April 22, 1935, Edmond Meany was in his office preparing for a 10:00 a.m. class, when he fell over, dead from a stroke) |
| Associated language | eng |
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