Marcus Homer Merriman (1940–2006)
Background
Merriman was born in
Baltimore on 3 May 1940.
[ The Independent] Educated at
Bowdoin College,
Maine, and the University of Grenoble, he spent a year at Edinburgh University, then completed his PhD at the Institute of Historical Research, London University under the supervision of
Stanley Bindoff in 1971.
Career
He spent his working life at Lancaster University as Assistant Lecturer in History (1964–66),
Lecturer in History (1966–92) and
Senior Lecturer in History (1992–2006). He was also Visiting Professor of History at Queens College, City University of New York and Syracuse University (1969–70), and Visiting Professor at
Bowdoin College (1975–6). His published works are mostly concerned with the
Anglo-Scottish war of The Rough Wooing which began following negotiations to marry Mary, Queen of Scots to Edward VI of England. He was also
Associate editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal (1979–82). In 1990, he was honoured with the Cadbury Schweppes National Award for innovation in teaching.
At Lancaster, Merriman was Vice-principal of Pendle College and was credited for his part in the design of the college buildings.[Gordon Donaldson, Scotland's History: Approaches and Reflections (Scottish Academic Press, 1995), pp. 151-2.]
Pendle College's central building is named the Merriman Block in his honour, and the Marcus Merriman Travel Grant is awarded to successful students from Pendle College. The purpose of the grant being to enable students to travel in order to take part in a project that would broaden their experience and provide a benefit to others.
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