Mercer

A mercer (occupation) is a merchant or trader, more specifically a merchant who deals in textiles / mercery.

Mercer may also refer to:

People

• A member of the London guild of the Worshipful Company of Mercers

• Bill Mercer, American sportscaster
• George Mercer, rapist
• Henry Chapman Mercer, Pennsylvania archeologist, tile-maker, and designer of poured-concrete structures such as the Mercer Museum
• John Francis Mercer, American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia and Maryland
• Owen Mercer, fictional character in the DC Universe
• Phil Mercer, radio presenter on the BBC
• Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, television personality and political satirist
• Ruth Sienkiewicz-Mercer, quadriplegic and American disability rights activist
• Sam Mercer, film producer
• Wilbur Mercer, fictional character in Philip K. Dick's Science Fiction novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?', central figure of 'Mercenarism', the religion practised at the time the story takes place
• 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

Academics

• Asa Shinn Mercer, first president of the Territorial University of Washington and a member of the Washington State Senate
• James Mercer (mathematician), English mathematician
• Roger Mercer, British archaeologist

Actors

• Jack Mercer, American animator and voice actor
• Marian Mercer, award-winning American actress
• Matthew Mercer, American voice actor
• Mike Mercer (basketball), American basketball player
• Mike Mercer (American football), former American college and professional football player
• Win Mercer, pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1902

Athletes

• Gary Mercer, New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
• Joe Mercer, English football player and manager
• Joe Mercer (jockey), English jockey
• Leroy Mercer, American football player.
• Ray Mercer, American professional boxer, former WBO World Heavyweight Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist
• Ron Mercer, American former basketball player at the University of Kentucky who also had a career in the National Basketball Association
• Tommy Mercer, American professional wrestler

Literary figures

• Cecil William Mercer (1885–1960), British novelist who wrote under the pseudonym of Dornford Yates
• David Mercer (playwright), English playwright and dramatist
• Ilana Mercer, classical liberal writer, columnist, and blogger
• Jeremy Mercer, Canadian writer
• Mick Mercer, journalist and author
• William Mercer (poet) (c. 1605 – c. 1675), Scottish poet and army officer

Musicians

• James Mercer (musician), guitarist, lead singer and songwriter of the Shins
• Jerry Mercer, former drummer for the Canadian rock groups April Wine and Mashmakhan
• Johnny Mercer, American songwriter and singer
• Mabel Mercer, English-born cabaret singer

Politicians and civil servants

• Charles F. Mercer, nineteenth century U.S. politician from Virginia
• David Henry Mercer, Nebraska Republican politician
• Patrick Mercer, politician in the United Kingdom
• William Thomas Mercer (1821–1879), British Colonial Secretary in Hong Kong, 1859–1868
• William W. Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana

Soldiers

• General Cavalié Mercer, who (as a Captain) commanded G Troop Royal Horse Artillery with distinction at Waterloo, author of Journal of the Waterloo Campaign
• 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
• Malcolm Mercer, Canadian general, barrister and art patron

Places

In the United States:

Towns and cities

In the United States:

• Mercer, Maine
• Mercer, Missouri
• Mercer, North Carolina
• Mercer, North Dakota
• Mercer, Pennsylvania
• Mercer Island, Washington
  • Mercer Island High School
• Mercer, Wisconsin

In New Zealand:

• Mercer, New Zealand

Counties

• Mercer County, Illinois
• Mercer County, Kentucky
• Mercer County, New Jersey
  • Mercer County Community College
  • Mercer County Park
  • Trenton-Mercer Airport
• Mercer County, North Dakota
• Mercer County, Ohio
• Mercer County, Pennsylvania
• Mercer County, West Virginia

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

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), an American automobile manufacturer (1909–1925)
• 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
• Mercer and Somerset Railway, a short-lived line of the Pennsylvania Railroad in western New Jersey
• Mercer's theorem
• Worshipful Company of Mercers
• Mercer (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
• Mercer 3, a globular cluster of the Milky Way galaxy

See also

• Mercier (disambiguation)