Meehan, William E
botanist, editor, author, was born Aug. 31, 1853, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the eldest son of Thomas Meehan, the eminent botanist. He followed the florist business for several years; during 1885-87 he was editor of a newspaper in Germantown; then became a reporter on the Philadelphia Public Ledger, and since 1891 has been associate editor of that publication. In 1892 he was a member of the Peary Relief expedition to North Greenland, as its botanist. He is the author of In Arctic Seas; The Flora of Greenland; Fish, Fishing and Fisheries of Pennsylvania, and other works. He was the originator of the children's playground movement in Philadelphia.
MEEK, ALEXANDER BEAUFORT, jurist, journalist, author, was born July 17, 1814, in Columbia, S. C. He was an Alabama jurist and journalist, and the author of Red Eagle; Songs and Poems of the South; and Romantic Passages in Southern History. He died Nov. 30, 1865, in Columbus, Miss.