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    Carey by his mother, a Baptist, after the preacher William Carey. The Merricks had two other children: William Arthur, born January 1866, who died of...
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  • inaccurately give his first name as "John", and this name was used in the 1980 film The Elephant Man John Merricks (1971–1997), British sailor This disambiguation...
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  • John Edward Merricks (16 February 1971 – 8 October 1997) was an English sailor. He represented Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where...
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  • The Elephant Man (film) (category Films scored by John Morris)
    biographical drama film loosely based on the life of Joseph Merrick (referred to as "John" in the film), a severely deformed man who lived in London in...
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  • The Elephant Man (1982 film) (category Cultural depictions of Joseph Merrick)
    loosely based on the 19th-century Englishman Joseph Merrick (known in this film as John Merrick). The script was adapted by Steve Lawson from the 1977...
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    that Joseph Merrick, who Hurt played (renamed as John Merrick) in The Elephant Man, is thought to have suffered from, although Merrick's exact condition...
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    John Merrick (1859–1919) was an American businessman. Born into slavery in Clinton, North Carolina, Merrick founded various companies in the Raleigh,...
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    government area. Merricks recorded a population of 184 at the 2021 census. Merricks is located between Hastings and Flinders. Merricks was part of the...
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  • The Elephant Man (play) (category Cultural depictions of Joseph Merrick)
    and 2014. The story is based on the life of Joseph Merrick, referred to in the script as John Merrick, who lived in the Victorian London and is known for...
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  • the film Merrick who was portrayed by Donald Sutherland, he preferred the Merrick from the series portrayed by Richard Riehle. Later Merrick reappeared...
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  • John Sampson Merrick (born March 20, 1982) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Merrick was born and raised in Long Beach, California...
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  • roles as Cordelia Flyte in Brideshead Revisited and as the mother of John Merrick in The Elephant Man. Nicholls is the daughter of actors Anthony Nicholls...
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  • Sir John Meyrick (also spelled Merrick; c.1559 – 1638/9) was an English merchant in Russia; he became the English ambassador to Russia during the reign...
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  • Sir John Merrick (1584–1659) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English...
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    Theatre, and the Royal Exchange, Manchester. He created the role of John Merrick in Bernard Pomerance’s play The Elephant Man for its premiere in 1977...
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    Wilmington Club, also known as the John Merrick House, is a historic clubhouse located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It was...
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  • Anglim is an American actor. He is best known for his performance as John Merrick in the stage and television versions of The Elephant Man, a role for...
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    Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 86th United States attorney general from 2021 to 2025...
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    be traced back to the efforts of two African-American entrepreneurs: John Merrick and Charles Spaulding. This duo provided the leadership and initiative...
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    John Merrick (1756–1829) was a Canadian architect. He designed St. George's Round Church and Province House (Nova Scotia), where his portrait is mounted...
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  • holes of a tournament. He goes on to win the Hope by three shots over John Merrick. 2011: In just his fifth PGA Tour start and second as a Tour member,...
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  • buying and then freeing family members, for example his brother-in-law John Merrick and several slaves owned by familiar white families like the Stewarts...
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    Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London. The film was directed by David Lynch and stars John Hurt...
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    Ui Flake / Defense Counsel National Actors Theatre The Elephant Man John Merrick Royale Theatre 2004 The 24 Hour Plays Bobby — Staged reading 2005 The...
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  • Manitoba Chiefs Henry Merrick (1837–?), Canadian politician John Merrick (fl. ca. 1596–1621), English ambassador to Russia Raymond Merrick (born 1939), member...
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    October 1997, both Walker and Merricks were passengers in a minivan in Italy when the driver lost control, and Merricks was killed. In 1999, Walker began...
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    and Birstall Meadows. The northernmost lake is named John Merricks Lake, after the late John Merricks, a silver Olympic medallist who competed in sailing...
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  • far more than portraying a condition and how Joseph Merrick's story has evolved from John Merrick in The Elephant Man, a play that drifts from his story...
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    Sir John Hurt, CBE (1940–2017) was an English actor and voice actor whose career spanned six decades. He had roles in over 130 films with dozens of television...
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    Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet (category Knights of Justice of the Order of St John)
    reminiscences mistakenly name Joseph Merrick as "John Merrick", an error widely recirculated by biographers of Merrick including the account rendered in...
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