- Mexican fruit fly (insect)
fruit fly: …of this family include the Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens), which attacks citrus crops; the Oriental fruit fly (Dacus dorsalis), which infests many kinds of subtropical fruits; and the olive fruit fly (Dacus oleae), which destroys olives in the Mediterranean region. Control methods vary with the species involved and include…
- Mexican gray wolf (mammal)
gray wolf: Conservation status: …Park and Idaho, and captive-reared Mexican wolves (a subspecies) were released to their former range in eastern Arizona beginning in 1998. At the beginning of the 21st century, an estimated 65,000–78,000 wolves inhabited North America. Canada had by far the largest population (although the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,…
- Mexican Green Ecologist Party (political party, Mexico)
Mexico: Peña Nieto and the return of PRI rule: …election), and its ally, the Mexican Green Ecologist Party (Partido Verde Ecologista de México; PVEM), which captured about 7 percent, were poised to command a solid majority in the 500-seat Chamber of Deputies. Beyond the PRI’s triumph, the biggest story of the election was the victory of independent candidate Jaime…
- Mexican green rattlesnake (snake)
Mexican west coast rattlesnake, (Crotalus basiliscus), large, stout, highly venomous pit viper (subfamily Crotalinae, family Viperidae) of dry coastal lands and cactus forests from southern Sonora to Oaxaca in western Mexico. The Mexican west coast rattlesnake is not normally an aggressive snake,
- Mexican ground cherry (plant and fruit)
tomatillo, (Physalis philadelphica), annual species of ground cherry of the nightshade family (Solanaceae) and its tart edible fruits. The plant is native to Mexico and Central America, where it has been an important food crop for millennia. The fruits can be eaten raw and are sometimes made into
- Mexican hairless (breed of dog)
Mexican hairless, breed of dog that is probably descended from hairless Chinese or African dogs that were taken by Spanish traders to Mexico in the late 16th century. A rather long-legged dog, the Mexican hairless comes in three sizes: toy, which stands 11 to 12 inches (28 to 30.5 cm) and weighs 9
- Mexican hallucinogenic mushroom
psilocin: …notably the two Mexican species Psilocybe mexicana and P. cubensis (formerly Stropharia cubensis). Hallucinogenic mushrooms used in religious ceremonies by Indigenous peoples of Mexico were considered sacred and were called “god’s flesh” by the Aztecs. In the 1950s the active principles psilocin and a closely related substance called psilocybin
- Mexican hat dance
Mexican hat dance, a popular Mexican folk dance, a form of jarabe
- Mexican Highland (highland, United States)
Basin and Range Province: …the Colorado Plateau is the Mexican Highland section, which has many of the characteristics of the Great Basin and which covers parts of New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico. To the east of this, the narrow, varied Sacramento section, in New Mexico and western Texas, is a plateau with blocks…
- Mexican hornshark (shark)
bullhead shark: The largest species include the Mexican hornshark (Heterodontus mexicanus), found along the western coast of North America, which can grow to 1.7 metres (about 5.6 feet), and the Port Jackson shark (H. portusjacksoni), found in Australian Pacific waters, which can reach a length of 1.65 metres (5.4 feet) fully grown.
- Mexican husk tomato (plant and fruit)
tomatillo, (Physalis philadelphica), annual species of ground cherry of the nightshade family (Solanaceae) and its tart edible fruits. The plant is native to Mexico and Central America, where it has been an important food crop for millennia. The fruits can be eaten raw and are sometimes made into
- Mexican Independence Day
Cinco de Mayo: …not to be confused with Mexican Independence Day, which falls on September 16. The latter holiday was established in 1810, some 50 years before the Battle of Puebla occurred.
- Mexican jumping bean
Mexican jumping bean, the seed of certain Mexican shrubs, especially those of the genus Sebastiania, of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), that contain larvae of a small olethreutid moth (Laspeyresia salitans). The movements of the larvae feeding on the pulp within the seed, which are intensified
- Mexican jumping bean moth (insect)
Mexican jumping bean: …larvae of a small olethreutid moth (Laspeyresia salitans). The movements of the larvae feeding on the pulp within the seed, which are intensified by warmth, give the seed the familiar jumping movement.
- Mexican League (baseball)
Latin Americans in Major League Baseball Through the First Years of the 21st Century: The 1930s through World War II: …because he played in the Mexican League and was declared ineligible by organized baseball to play in its league in the late 1940s, “El Jibarito” did not play with major leaguers during his prime. (The Mexican League threatened the reserve clause of organized baseball. Players, known as “jumpers,” who went…
- Mexican Liberal Party (political party, Mexico)
Mexico: Precursors of revolution: …where they formally organized the Mexican Liberal Party. It was anarcho-syndicalist in orientation, dedicated to the overthrow of the Mexican government and the total renovation of Mexican society.
- Mexican lime (fruit)
lime: …commercial varieties, though the smaller key lime, or Mexican lime (C. ×aurantifolia), is also economically important in many places. The lime fruit is a key ingredient in certain pickles and chutneys, and lime juice is used to flavour drinks, foods, and confections. Limeade and other lime-flavoured drinks have a flavour…
- Mexican lion (mammal species)
puma, (Puma concolor), large brownish New World cat comparable in size to the jaguar—the only other large cat of the Western Hemisphere. The puma, a member of the family Felidae, has the widest distribution of any New World mammal, with a range extending from southeastern Alaska to southern
- Mexican living-rock cactus (plant)
living-rock cactus: …of cacti (family Cactaceae), especially Ariocarpus fissuratus. The plants are native to Texas and Mexico and live on limestone-rich soil. Ariocarpus species contain sufficient alkaloids, principally hordenine, to make them mildly hallucinogenic.
- Mexican Mafia (Mexican American criminal organization)
Mexican Mafia, prison gang and street gang network in the United States, centred in southern California but active in 13 states. The Mexican Mafia, which is one of the largest and deadliest prison gangs, is known for its secrecy and code of silence, for uncompromising violence, for its antipathy
- Mexican moccasin (snake)
moccasin: …moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus) or the Mexican moccasin (A. bilineatus). Both are pit vipers (subfamily Crotalinae), so named because of the characteristic sensory pit between each eye and nostril.
- Mexican Muralist movement (Mexican art)
Mexico: The arts: The Mexican Muralist school counted among its members the most-powerful figures of the genre. The murals created by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, depicting aspects of the Mexican Revolution, the country’s modernization, and class struggle, have become legendary.
- Mexican Muralist school (Mexican art)
Mexico: The arts: The Mexican Muralist school counted among its members the most-powerful figures of the genre. The murals created by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, depicting aspects of the Mexican Revolution, the country’s modernization, and class struggle, have become legendary.
- Mexican narrow-mouthed toad (amphibian)
narrow-mouthed toad: The Mexican narrow-mouthed toad, or sheep frog (Hypopachus cuneus), is similar but is larger and has a yellow stripe on its back. It hides in burrows, pack rat nests, or, as does the eastern narrow-mouth, under objects lying on the ground.
- Mexican Nile (river, Mexico)
Nazas River, river in Durango and Coahuila states, northern Mexico. Formed in Durango by the confluence of the Oro (or Sestín) and Ramos rivers, which descend inland from the Sierra Madre Occidental and meet at El Palmito, the Nazas flows first southeast and then east-northeast to the Laguna
- Mexican palo verde (plant)
palo verde: Mexican palo verde (Parkinsonia aculeata) occurs in southwestern Arizona and from Texas to Florida.
- Mexican Petroleum Co. (Mexican company)
Petróleos Mexicanos, state-owned Mexican company, a producer, refiner, and distributor of crude oil, natural gas, and petroleum products. It is one of the largest petroleum companies in the world. It has long been a major source of revenue for Mexico’s federal government, contributing as much as
- Mexican Plateau (plateau, Mexico)
Mesa Central: …the southern section of the Mexican Plateau extending south from the Zacatecas Mountains to the Bajío, a fertile region at the northern base of the Cordillera Neo-Volcánica. Lying at elevations of 6,000 to 7,500 feet (1,800 to 2,300 metres), the Mesa Central is considerably higher and wetter than the Mesa…
- Mexican poppy (plant)
prickly poppy: …or yellow blooms; and the Mexican poppy (A. mexicana), with smaller yellow blooms and light green leaves with white vein markings.
- Mexican prairie dog (rodent)
prairie dog: ludovicianus) and Mexican (C. mexicanus) species live in large, dense colonies that early explorers described as “towns.” Colonies are divided by topographic and vegetational features into semidiscrete wards formed from smaller extended family groups, or coteries. Colonies usually cover about 100 hectares (247 acres), but the largest…
- Mexican process (metallurgy)
patio process, method of isolating silver from its ore that was used from the 16th to early in the 20th century; the process was apparently commonly used by Indians in America before the arrival of the Europeans. The silver ore was crushed and ground by mule power in arrastras, shallow circular
- Mexican red-kneed tarantula (spider)
tarantula: Major genera and species: …Chilean gold burst (Euathlus parvulus), Mexican red-kneed tarantula (Brachypelma smithii), salmon pink birdeater (Lasiodora parahybana), and the stunning Chromatapelma cyaneopubescens.
- Mexican Revolution
Mexican Revolution, (1910–20), a long and bloody struggle among several factions in constantly shifting alliances which resulted ultimately in the end of the 30-year dictatorship in Mexico and the establishment of a constitutional republic. The revolution began against a background of widespread
- Mexican Revolution, Party of the (political party, Mexico)
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Mexican political party that dominated the country’s political institutions from its founding in 1929 until the end of the 20th century. Virtually all important figures in Mexican national and local politics belonged to the party, because the nomination of
- Mexican Revolutionary Party (political party, Mexico)
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Mexican political party that dominated the country’s political institutions from its founding in 1929 until the end of the 20th century. Virtually all important figures in Mexican national and local politics belonged to the party, because the nomination of
- Mexican Riviera (region, Mexico)
Mexico: Physiographic regions: …which is known as the Mexican Riviera. Several coastal sites, such as Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Acapulco, and Puerto Escondido, have become alluring tourist destinations. However, the less-hospitable inland basins provide a difficult environment for traditional peasant farmers. Farther northeast is the Mesa del Sur, with numerous stream-eroded ridges and small isolated valleys…
- Mexican shell flower (plant)
tiger-flower: One tiger-flower, also known as Mexican shell flower (Tigridia pavonia), is cultivated for its attractive flowers and was once prized by the Aztecs for the chestnut flavour of its bulblike corms.
- Mexican shrimp plant (plant)
shrimp plant, (Justicia brandegeeana), popular border and greenhouse ornamental of the family Acanthaceae, native to warm regions of the Americas and to the West Indies. Grown for its unusual flower clusters, the shrimp plant will bloom continuously in frost-free areas and is highly attractive to
- Mexican snowball (plant)
echeveria: …wax rosette (Echeveria ×gilva), the pearl echeveria (E. elegans; also called Mexican snowball), and the plush plant (E. pulvinata), are handsome as small pot plants or in dish gardens along with other succulent species. Larger echeverias, such as E. gibbiflora , red echeveria (E. coccinea), and copper roses (E. multicaulis),…
- Mexican stonecrop (plant)
stonecrop: Major species: Mexican stonecrop (S. mexicanum), with yellow flowers, makes a handsome hanging basket, as do several related stonecrops, such as burro’s tail, also called donkey’s tail (S. morganianum), and carpet sedum (S. lineare).
- Mexican tea (beverage)
ephedra: Major species and uses: …tealike preparation known variously as Mormon tea, Mexican tea, and desert tea.
- Mexican tiger heron (bird)
heron: Another is the Mexican, or bare-throated, tiger heron (T. mexicanum) of Mexico and Central America.
- Mexican topminnow (fish)
atheriniform: Annotated classification: Family Goodeidae (Mexican topminnows) Live-bearing, but male lacks elaborate intromittent organ found in poeciliids. About 10 genera, in rivers draining the Mexican Plateau; length to about 10 cm (4 in.). Family Jenynsiidae Small fishes with asymmetrical genital organs; 1 genus; rivers of South America. Family Anablepidae (four-eyed
- Mexican tortoise (reptile)
turtle: Reproductive age and activity: …mature, and the slightly larger Mexican tortoise (Gopherus flavomarinatus) matures at 14 to 15 years. Age at maturity is also tied to a turtle’s rate of growth, which relates to both the quantity and quality of food. Along Florida’s Atlantic coast the metre-long (3.3-foot) green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) takes…
- Mexican Tree Duck, The (work by Crumley)
James Crumley: …dealer in the especially violent The Mexican Tree Duck (1993). In Bordersnakes (1996) Milo and Sughrue, former partners, reteam to hunt for missing money. Later novels include The Final Country (2001) and The Right Madness (2005). While the plots of Crumley’s novels are as conventionally complicated as any in the…
- Mexican tulip poppy (plant)
Mexican tulip poppy, (Hunnemannia fumariifolia), perennial plant of the poppy family (Papaveraceae) native to southwestern North America. The plant is the only member of the genus Hunnemannia and is grown as an ornamental. The Mexican tulip poppy has large four-petaled sulfur-yellow flowers about 5
- Mexican Ulysses, A (work by Vasconcelos)
José Vasconcelos: A Mexican Ulysses (1962) is an abridgment.
- Mexican vanilla (plant)
vanilla: …unripe fruit of Mexican or Bourbon vanilla (Vanilla planifolia), Tahiti vanilla (V. tahitensis), and occasionally West Indian vanilla (V. pompona); all three species are thought to be derived from a single species native to Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. Vanilla had been used to
- Mexican War (Mexico-United States [1846–1848])
Mexican-American War, war between the United States and Mexico (April 1846–February 1848) stemming from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (U.S. claim). The war—in which U.S. forces were
- Mexican west coast rattlesnake (snake)
Mexican west coast rattlesnake, (Crotalus basiliscus), large, stout, highly venomous pit viper (subfamily Crotalinae, family Viperidae) of dry coastal lands and cactus forests from southern Sonora to Oaxaca in western Mexico. The Mexican west coast rattlesnake is not normally an aggressive snake,
- Mexican white pine (tree)
pine: Major North American pines: The Mexican white pine (P. strobiformis) attains its northern limits in the southwestern United States.
- Mexican wolf (mammal)
gray wolf: Conservation status: …Park and Idaho, and captive-reared Mexican wolves (a subspecies) were released to their former range in eastern Arizona beginning in 1998. At the beginning of the 21st century, an estimated 65,000–78,000 wolves inhabited North America. Canada had by far the largest population (although the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,…
- Mexican Women, League of (American organization)
Jovita Idár: Journalist and activist: …women at the congress formed La Liga Femenil Mexicanista (the League of Mexican Women), and she was chosen as its first president. The organization encouraged women to join the feminist movement and to work outside the home. In addition, La Liga opened free bilingual schools for children and raised money…
- Mexican Workers, Confederation of (Mexican labor union)
Mexico: Labour and taxation: …most powerful union is the Confederation of Mexican Workers, which has historically had ties with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
- Mexican, The (film by Verbinski [2001])
James Gandolfini: …a gay hit man in The Mexican, as an uptight military prison warden in The Last Castle, and as a victim of blackmail in The Man Who Wasn’t There. Subsequent works include the musical Romance & Cigarettes (2005); The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009), a remake of the…
- Mexican-American War (Mexico-United States [1846–1848])
Mexican-American War, war between the United States and Mexico (April 1846–February 1848) stemming from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (U.S. claim). The war—in which U.S. forces were
- Mexicana Airlines (Mexican company)
Mexicana Airlines, oldest airline in North America, founded in 1924 in Tampico, Mex., and now headquartered in Mexico City. The company began as a cargo carrier, carrying payrolls to the oil fields out of Tampico. The first scheduled service began in 1928, linking Mexico City, Tuxpan, and Tampico,
- Mexico (Missouri, United States)
Mexico, city, seat (1837) of Audrain county, central Missouri, U.S. It is situated on the South Fork Salt River, 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Columbia. Founded (1836) by the Reverend Robert C. Mansfield and James H. Smith, it was named for a tavern sign reading “Mexico that-a-way.” Its commercial
- México (national capital, Mexico)
Mexico City, city and capital of Mexico, synonymous with the Federal District (Distrito Federal; D.F.). The term Mexico City can also apply to the capital’s metropolitan area, which includes the Federal District but extends beyond it to the west, north, and east, where the state (estado) of México
- Mexico (novel by Michener)
James Michener: Mexico (1992) fictionally deals with the problems of contemporary Mexico, partly as seen through the lens of bullfighting. There is also a strong dramatization of Indian slavery in the country’s silver mines.
- México (state, Mexico)
México, estado (state), in the central part of the country of Mexico, on its Mesa Central. It is bounded by the states of Michoacán to the west, Querétaro and Hidalgo to the north, Tlaxcala and Puebla to the east and southeast, and Morelos and Guerrero to the south, and it also surrounds the
- Mexico
Mexico, country of southern North America and the third largest country in Latin America, after Brazil and Argentina. Mexican society is characterized by extremes of wealth and poverty, with a limited middle class wedged between an elite cadre of landowners and investors on the one hand and masses
- México
Mexico, country of southern North America and the third largest country in Latin America, after Brazil and Argentina. Mexican society is characterized by extremes of wealth and poverty, with a limited middle class wedged between an elite cadre of landowners and investors on the one hand and masses
- Mexico Basin (basin, Gulf of Mexico)
Mexico Basin, triangular-shaped ocean area covering a large portion of the floor of the Gulf of Mexico. The basin lies northwest of the Campeche Bank, approximately between 22° and 26° N and 89° and 95° W. Depths range beyond 11,000 feet (3,400 m) in much of the area, with Sigsbee Deep (17,070 feet
- Mexico City (national capital, Mexico)
Mexico City, city and capital of Mexico, synonymous with the Federal District (Distrito Federal; D.F.). The term Mexico City can also apply to the capital’s metropolitan area, which includes the Federal District but extends beyond it to the west, north, and east, where the state (estado) of México
- Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games
Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Mexico City that took place October 12–27, 1968. The Mexico City Games were the 16th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. The 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City were the most politically charged Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin. Ten
- Mexico City Blues (novel by Kerouac)
Jack Kerouac: Sketching, poetry, and Buddhism: …jazz in such works as Mexico City Blues (1959), a sequential poem comprising 242 choruses. After he met the poet Gary Snyder in 1955, Kerouac’s poetry, as well as that of Ginsberg and fellow Beats Philip Whalen and Lew Welch, began to show the influence of the haiku, a genre…
- Mexico City earthquake of 1985 (Mexico)
Mexico City earthquake of 1985, severe earthquake that occurred on September 19, 1985, off the coast of the Mexican state of Michoacán, causing widespread death and injuries and catastrophic damage in Mexico’s capital, Mexico City. The magnitude-8.0 quake occurred at 7:18 am. Many sources place the
- Mexico’s Drug War (drug war, Mexico)
Mexico: Beyond single-party rule: …security crisis widely characterized as Mexico’s Drug War. Brutal massacres and beheadings appeared in the headlines as the cartels (some of whose forces included former soldiers) battled each other and the government. In the process the government was also accused of human rights violations.
- Mexico, Autonomous University of the State of (university, Toluca, Mexico)
Toluca: …is the seat of the Autonomous University of the State of México (1828; present status 1956). Colonies of migratory monarch butterflies winter in the forested highlands of Nevado de Toluca National Park southwest of the city. Pop. (2010) 489,333; metro. area, 1,846,116; (2020) 223,876; metro. area, 2,353,924.
- Mexico, Bank of (bank, Mexico)
Mexico: Finance: The Bank of Mexico issues the national currency, the peso, which is divided into units of 100 centavos. The country’s stock exchange plays only a minor role in providing capital. Most funds are secured through government bonds or bank securities.
- Mexico, flag of
vertically striped green-white-red national flag with a central coat of arms featuring an eagle, a cactus, and a serpent. The flag has a width-to-length ratio of 4 to 7.The struggle for Mexican independence took place under a number of flags, but, when it was finally achieved in 1821 under the
- Mexico, Gulf of (gulf, North America)
Gulf of Mexico / Gulf of America, partially landlocked body of water on the southeastern periphery of the North American continent. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Straits of Florida, running between the peninsula of Florida and the island of Cuba, and to the Caribbean Sea by the
- Mexico, history of
Mexico: Pre-Columbian Mexico: It is assumed that the first inhabitants of Middle America were early American Indians, of Asian derivation, who migrated into the area at some time during the final stage of the Pleistocene Epoch. The date of their arrival in central Mexico remains speculative. The…
- Mexico, National Autonomous University of (university, Mexico City, Mexico)
National Autonomous University of Mexico, government-financed coeducational institution of higher education in Mexico City, founded in 1551. The original university building, dating from 1584, was demolished in 1910, and the university was moved to a new campus (constructed 1949–52) at Pedregal de
- Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de (university, Mexico City, Mexico)
National Autonomous University of Mexico, government-financed coeducational institution of higher education in Mexico City, founded in 1551. The original university building, dating from 1584, was demolished in 1910, and the university was moved to a new campus (constructed 1949–52) at Pedregal de
- Mexico, Valley of (valley, Mexico)
México: …state lies in the intermontane Valley of Mexico, a formerly lacustrine basin that now includes only a few natural lakes—such as Zumpango, Texcoco, and San Cristóbal—and several artificial reservoirs. Wetlands and salt flats cover surfaces that have not yet succumbed to urban sprawl and agriculture. The draining of the valley…
- Mexipedium (plant genus)
lady’s slipper: Genera: The genus Mexipedium consists of a single species, M. xerophyticum, endemic to a small region of Oaxaca, Mexico. The plants grow on dry cliff faces and spread by runners. The tiny flowers are white with a pale pink central column. The plant is considered critically endangered.
- Meydān-e Shāh (courtyard, Eṣfahān, Iran)
Islamic arts: Architecture: …centre of Eṣfahān is the Maydān-e Shāh (now Maydān-e Emām), a large open space, about 1,670 by 520 feet (510 by 158 metres), originally surrounded by trees. Used for polo games and parades, it could be illuminated with 50,000 lamps. Each side of the maydān was provided with the monumental…
- Meyer, Adolf (American psychiatrist)
Adolf Meyer was an influential Swiss-born American psychiatrist, much of whose teaching has been incorporated into psychiatric theory and practice in the United States, Britain, and other English-speaking nations. When Meyer emigrated to the United States in 1892, he was already exceptionally well
- Meyer, Adolph (German architect)
Walter Gropius: Youth and early training: …both done in collaboration with Adolph Meyer: the Fagus Works at Alfeld-an-der-Leine (1911) and the model office and factory buildings in Cologne (1914) done for the Werkbund Exposition. The Fagus Works, bolder than any of Behrens’ works, is marked by large areas of glass wall broken by visible steel supports,…
- Meyer, Annie Florance Nathan (American writer, educator, and antisuffragist)
Annie Florance Nathan Meyer was an American writer, educator, and antisuffragist, remembered as the moving force behind the founding of Barnard College, New York City. Annie Nathan grew up in an unsettled home and early found her greatest pleasure in books. In 1885 she enrolled in an extension
- Meyer, Claus (Danish chef)
René Redzepi: …established a business partnership with Claus Meyer (a Danish entrepreneur and television cooking-show host), and the pair opened the restaurant Noma in a reclaimed 18th-century warehouse overlooking the harbour in Copenhagen’s Christianshavn district. (The restaurant’s name is an amalgamation of the Danish words for “Nordic” and “food.”) The small (12…
- Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand (Swiss writer)
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer was a Swiss writer noted for his historical tales and his poetry. After completing his schooling, Meyer began to study law but suffered from depression, which compelled him to enter a mental home for a time. A long stay in French Switzerland, largely in Lausanne, gave him a
- Meyer, Debbie (American swimmer)
Debbie Meyer is a former American swimmer who was the first woman to win gold medals in three individual swimming events in one Olympics. Meyer, who suffered from asthma in childhood, grew up near Sacramento, California. She trained under the U.S. Olympic coach Sherman Chavoor, who required his
- Meyer, Deborah Elizabeth (American swimmer)
Debbie Meyer is a former American swimmer who was the first woman to win gold medals in three individual swimming events in one Olympics. Meyer, who suffered from asthma in childhood, grew up near Sacramento, California. She trained under the U.S. Olympic coach Sherman Chavoor, who required his
- Meyer, Eduard (German historian)
Judaism: Periodization: …of Judaism”) the German historian Eduard Meyer argued that Judaism originated in the Persian period, or the days of Ezra and Nehemiah (5th century bce); indeed, he attributed an important role in shaping the emergent religion to Persian imperialism.
- Meyer, Eugene (American publisher)
Eugene Meyer was an influential leader in American political and social life and publisher of The Washington Post from 1933 to 1946. Upon graduating from Yale University (1895), Meyer worked in various European cities for two years learning the banking business. Soon after his return he established
- Meyer, Hannes (Swiss architect)
Bauhaus: …was not established until 1927; Hannes Meyer, a Swiss architect, was appointed chairman. Upon Gropius’s resignation the following year, Meyer became director of the Bauhaus until 1930. He was asked to resign because of his left-wing political views, which brought him into conflict with Dessau authorities. Ludwig Mies van der…
- Meyer, Hans (German geographer)
Kilimanjaro: …1889 by the German geographer Hans Meyer and the Austrian mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller. The Kilimanjaro region is one of Tanzania’s leading producers of mild coffee, barley, wheat, and sugar; other crops include sisal, corn (maize), beans, bananas, wattle bark (Acacia), cotton, pyrethrum, and potatoes. The region is populated by the…
- Meyer, Jeannette (American music patron)
Jeannette Meyer Thurber was an American music patron who devoted her efforts to creating a government-funded music conservatory in the United States. Jeannette Meyer was privately educated in New York and Paris. In 1869 she married Francis B. Thurber, a wholesale grocer and later a lawyer.
- Meyer, John W. (American sociologist)
organizational analysis: Challenges to contingency theory: …work of the American sociologist John W. Meyer, argued that organizational designs, especially those aspects that are observable to outsiders, play an important “ceremonial” role. By adopting the organizational designs favoured by experts (such as professors of management, management consultants, and professional bodies), an institution signals its conformity to the…
- Meyer, Joseph (German author)
encyclopaedia: The 19th century: Joseph Meyer’s Der grosse Conversations-Lexikon (1840–52) rectified this imbalance and was the first of a highly successful series that competed vigorously with Brockhaus for 100 years. In addition, Herder’s Conversations-Lexikon (1853–57) and its subsequent editions provided the Catholic counterbalance in a country where Protestants and…
- Meyer, Joyce (American televangelist, author, and speaker)
Joyce Meyer is a prominent American televangelist, author, and speaker known for her dynamic teaching style and practical approach to Christian living. Her ministry grew in popularity throughout the 1990s and 2000s, during which she frequently espoused a prosperity gospel message that faith and
- Meyer, Julius Lothar (German chemist)
Lothar Meyer was a German chemist who, independently of Dmitry Mendeleyev, developed a periodic classification of the chemical elements. Though originally educated as a physician, he was chiefly interested in chemistry and physics. In 1859 Meyer began his career as a science educator, holding
- Meyer, June (American author)
June Jordan was an African American author who investigated both social and personal concerns through poetry, essays, and drama. Jordan grew up in the New York City borough of Brooklyn and attended Barnard College (1953–55, 1956–57) and the University of Chicago (1955–56). Beginning in 1967, she
- Meyer, Jürgen Bona (German philosopher)
Kantianism: Psychological Neo-Kantianism: …made by the Friesian empiricist Jürgen Bona Meyer in his Kants Psychologie (1870; “Kant’s Psychology”). Later, a more important contribution in this field was made by the Göttingen philosopher of ethics and law Leonard Nelson and published in the Abhandlungen der Fries’schen Schule (1904 ff.; “Acts of the Friesian School”).…
- Meyer, Katharine (American publisher)
Katharine Graham was an American business executive who owned and published various news publications, most notably The Washington Post, which she transformed into one of the leading newspapers in the United States. She was especially known for supporting the Post’s investigation into the Watergate
- Meyer, Kuno (German scholar)
Kuno Meyer was a German scholar of the Celtic languages and editor whose translations made him the chief interpreter of early Irish literature for English and German readers. In 1884 Meyer became a lecturer in German at University College, later the University of Liverpool, and published his
- Meyer, Kurt (German chemist)
Herman Francis Mark: …1926 Mark was invited by Kurt Meyer, the director of IG Farben’s polymer research laboratory, to be his assistant director. Mark worked on electron diffraction, a monograph (1928) with Meyer on cellulose that demolished the classic micellar theory of polymer formation, an equation relating the viscosity of a polymer solution…