Edwin Thomas Meredith

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United States Secretary of Agriculture businessperson human politician publisher

Edwin Thomas Meredith was an American publishing magnate and politician who founded the media company that became Meredith Corporation and served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson.

Aliases (1)

Edwin Meredith ×1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Secretary of Agriculture → businessperson → human → politician → publisher →
appointedBy	Woodrow Wilson →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1876-12-23 →
dateOfDeath	1928-06-17 →
educatedAt	Highland Park College →
employer	Meredith Corporation →
endTime	1921-03-04 →
familyName	Meredith →
fieldOfWork	agricultural journalism → magazine publishing →
founded	Better Homes and Gardens → Meredith Corporation → Successful Farming →
givenName	Edwin →
hasHonor	Induction into the Advertising Hall of Fame →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
name	Edwin Thomas Meredith →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableFor	founding the media company that became Meredith Corporation → serving as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson →
notableWork	Development of Meredith Corporation into a major publishing company →
numberOfChildren	2 →
occupation	business executive → politician → publisher →
officeContested	Governor of Iowa → United States Senate from Iowa →
placeOfBirth	Avoca, Iowa →
placeOfDeath	Des Moines, Iowa →
positionHeld	United States Secretary of Agriculture →
religion	Methodism →
residence	Des Moines, Iowa →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Edith May Clarke Meredith →
startTime	1920-02-02 →
workLocation	Des Moines, Iowa →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Better Homes and Gardens ("Edwin Meredith") → Meredith Corporation →	foundedBy
Meredith Corporation →	founder
Edwin Thomas Meredith →	name