Mercer
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A mercer (occupation) is a merchant or trader, more specifically a merchant who deals in textiles / mercery.
Mercer may also refer to:
[edit] People
- General Cavalié Mercer, who (as a Captain) commanded G Troop Royal Horse Artillery with distinction at Waterloo, author of Journal of the Waterloo Campaign
- Asa Shinn Mercer, first president of the Territorial University of Washington and a member of the Washington State Senate
- Bill Mercer, American sportscaster
- Cecil William Mercer (1885–1960), British novelist who wrote under the pseudonym of Dornford Yates
- Charles F. Mercer, nineteenth century U.S. politician from Virginia
- David Mercer (playwright), English playwright and dramatist
- David Henry Mercer, Nebraska Republican politician
- Gary Mercer, New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
- George Mercer, rapist
- Henry Chapman Mercer, Pennsylvania archeologist, tile-maker, and designer of poured-concrete structures such as the Mercer Museum
- Hugh Mercer, physician, brigadier general in the Continental Army and a close friend to George Washington
- Hugh W. Mercer, officer in the United States Army and then a Confederate general during the American Civil War
- Ilana Mercer, classical liberal writer, columnist, and blogger
- Jack Mercer, American animator and voice actor
- James Mercer (musician), guitarist, lead singer and songwriter of the Shins
- James Mercer (mathematician), English mathematician
- Jeremy Mercer, Canadian writer
- Jerry Mercer, drummer for the Canadian rock group April Wine, former drummer of Mashmakhan
- Joe Mercer, English football player and manager
- Joe Mercer (jockey), English jockey
- John Francis Mercer, American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia and Maryland
- Johnny Mercer, American songwriter and singer
- Leroy Mercer, American football player.
- Mabel Mercer, English-born cabaret singer
- Malcolm Mercer, Canadian general, barrister and art patron
- Marian Mercer, award-winning American actress
- Matthew Mercer, American voice actor
- Mick Mercer, journalist and author
- Mike Mercer (basketball), American basketball player
- Mike Mercer (American football), former American college and professional football player
- Owen Mercer, fictional character in the DC Universe
- Patrick Mercer, politician in the United Kingdom
- Phil Mercer, radio presenter on the BBC
- Ray Mercer, American professional boxer, former WBO World Heavyweight Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist
- Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, television personality and political satirist
- Roger Mercer, British archaeologist
- Ron Mercer, American former basketball player at the University of Kentucky who also had a career in the National Basketball Association
- Ruth Sienkiewicz-Mercer, quadriplegic and American disability rights activist
- Sam Mercer, film producer
- Win Mercer, pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1902
- William Mercer (poet) (ca. 1605– ca. 1675), Scottish poet and army officer
- William Thomas Mercer (1821–1879), British Colonial Secretary in Hong Kong, 1859–1868
- William W. Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana
- William (Rosko) Mercer (1927–2000), known as Rosko, American news announcer and disc jockey
- A Major Mercer of the Worcestershire horse played a prominent part on the parliamentary side at the Battle of Worcester in 1651
[edit] Places
In the United States:
[edit] Towns and cities
- Mercer, Maine
- Mercer, Missouri
- Mercer, North Carolina
- Mercer, North Dakota
- Mercer Island, Washington
- Mercer, Wisconsin
[edit] Counties
- Mercer County, Illinois
- Mercer County, Kentucky
- Mercer County, New Jersey
- Mercer County, North Dakota
- Mercer County, Ohio
- Mercer County, Pennsylvania
- Mercer County, West Virginia
[edit] Other
- Asa Mercer Middle School, Seattle, Washington
- Fort Mercer, American Revolution fort along the Delaware River in New Jersey
- Mercer House (Savannah, Georgia)
- Mercer Museum, a National Historic Landmark in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
- Mercer University, Macon, Georgia
[edit] Other
- Mercer Union, an artist-run centre in downtown Toronto, Ontario
- "Mercer" or "Mercer's Bacterial Disease" is a common misnomer for the acronym MRSA or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
- Mercer (car), a type of automobile
- Mercer's condition
- Mercer (consulting firm)
- Mercer Oak, a large white oak tree that stood in Princeton Battlefield State Park in Princeton
- Mercer Caverns, Murphys, California
Township, New Jersey
- Mercer and Somerset Railway, a short-lived line of the Pennsylvania Railroad in western New Jersey
- Mercer's theorem
- Worshipful Company of Mercers
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