Meredith

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Meredith is a given name and surname of Welsh origin — see Meredith (name).

Meredith may refer to:

[edit] People surnamed Meredith

• Billy Meredith, a Welsh footballer
• Burgess Meredith, an American actor
• Carew Meredith, an Irish logician
• Carole Meredith, an American grape geneticist
• Cla Meredith, Major League Baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres
• Don Meredith, a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys
• Edwin Meredith, a United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson
• George Meredith, 19th century English author
• James Meredith, first African American student at the University of Mississippi
• James Creed Meredith, an Irish lawyer, judge and Kant scholar
• Jenna Meredith, English campaigner and a victim of the 2007 United Kingdom floods
• Jonathan Meredith, a United States Marine during the First Barbary War
• Robert Meredith, a professor at Georgia Institute of Technology and coach of their quizbowl team
• Samuel Meredith, a delegate to the Continental Congress and Treasurer of the United States
• Ted Meredith, a winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics
• William M. Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
• William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet
• William Ralph Meredith, Canadian politician
• Meredith Colton, Sudent, In Love with bubble buddy

[edit] Places

• Meredith, Victoria, Australia
• Meredith, Colorado, United States
• Meredith, New Hampshire, United States
• Meredith, New York, United States
• Meredith Township, Wake County, North Carolina, United States
• Lake Meredith, a man-made lake formed by a dam on the Canadian River at Sanford, Texas

[edit] Other

• Meredith College, a women's liberal arts college located in Raleigh, North Carolina
• Meredith Corporation, which publishes Better Homes and Gardens in the U.S.
• Meredith Music Festival near Meredith, Victoria, Australia
• HMS Meredith, a sloop of the Royal Navy
• USS Meredith, four United States Navy ships named for Jonathan Meredith
• Meredith Cup, the trophy awarded to the winner of the Academic Competition Federation quic site in Tasmania, Australia
• Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, a 2007 United States Supreme Court decision striking down racial a desegregation plan in Jefferson County, Kentucky