Percival Merritt

Edward Percival Merritt

author

Edward Percival Merritt, American author. Member visiting committee department of English, Harvard, Boston Public Library.

Background

Merritt, Edward Percival was born on March 28, 1860 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Washington and Almira (Curtis) Merritt.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1882.

Career

Began as private banker, Boston, 1882. With Blake Brothers & Company, 1882-1886. Partner Adams, Blodget & Company, 1886-1892.

Member Blodget, Merritt & Company, 1893-1910 (retired).

Works

Author: An Account of Strawberry Hill Catalogues, 1915. The Parochial Library of the 18th Century in Christ Church, Boston, 1917. Piozzi Marginalia, 1925.

True Story of the So-Called Love Letters of Mistress Piozzi, 1927.

Membership

Member visiting committee department of English, Harvard, Boston Public Library.

Connections

Married Elisabeth Birdseye, October 6, 1886.

father:

George Washington Merritt

mother:

Almira (Curtis) Merritt

spouse:

Elisabeth Birdseye

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