Herman Merivale
English civil servant and historian (1806–1874)
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- Born
- 1806
- Died
- 1874
- Works
- 22
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- Introduction to a course of lectures on colonization and colonies, begun in March, 1839
- Lectures on colonization and colonies, delivered before the University of Oxford in 1839, 1840 and 1841
- Lectures on colonization and colonies delivered before the University of Oxford in 1839, 1840, & 1841, and reprinted in 1861
- Five lectures on the principles of a legislative provision for the poor in Ireland
- An introductory lecture on the study of political economy
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Herman Merivale, född den 8 november 1806, död den 8 februari 1874, var en engelsk ämbetsman och författare, son till John Herman Merivale, bror till Charles Merivale, far till Herman Charles Merivale. Merivale var 1837–42 professor i politisk ekonomi vid Oxfords universitet, 1848–59 permanent understatssekreterare för kolonierna och från 1859 innehavare av samma post i ministeriet för Indien. Merivale väckte 1841 uppseende genom sin föreläsningsserie Lectures on Colonization and Colonies, utgav 1865 Historical Studies och fulländade 1872 sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes biografi över sir Henry Lawrence.
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1806 births1874 deaths19th-century English historians19th-century English male writersAlumni of Oriel College, OxfordAlumni of Trinity College, OxfordBurials at Brompton CemeteryCivil servants in the Colonial OfficeCompanions of the Order of the BathDrummond Professors of Political EconomyEnglish civil servantsEnglish male non-fiction writers