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Edwin Thomas Meredith (December 23, 1876June 17, 1928) was founder of the Meredith Corporation and was the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture in President Woodrow Wilson's administration.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Infoplease )〕 ==Early life and politics== Meredith was born in Avoca, Iowa on December 23, 1876, to Minerva Jane (née Marsh) and Thomas Oliver Meredith. he attended Highland Park College in Des Moines. In 1894, Meredith became the general manager of ''Farmer's Tribune'', a Populist newspaper run by his grandfather. Meredith married Edna C. Elliott on January 8, 1896. They resided in Des Moines and were the parents of two children, Edwin T. "Ed" Meredith II, and Mildred M. Bohen. Meredith ran the ''Farmer's Tribune'' until 1902, when he began publishing his own magazine, ''Successful Farming'', which reached 100,000 subscribers by 1908. Meredith served as Vice President and President of the Agricultural Publishers Association and was a member of the Board of Directors of the United States Chamber of Commerce from 1915 until 1919, and again from 1923 until his death.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Miller Center of Public Affairs University of Virginia )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edwin T. Meredith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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