Background
Meyer, Herman Henry Bernard was born on October 17, 1864 in New York City. Son of Charles Henry Herman and Freuda Margaret Henrietta (v. Kroog) Meyer.
Meyer, Herman Henry Bernard was born on October 17, 1864 in New York City. Son of Charles Henry Herman and Freuda Margaret Henrietta (v. Kroog) Meyer.
Engineer of Mines, Columbia, 1885. Pratt Institute, Library School, 1901-1902. Doctor of Letters, Howard University, 1922.
Engineer Oregon Iron Works (gas light engineering), New York, 1885-1897. Constructor engineer Brooklyn Union Gas Company, 1897-1901. With Library of Congress from 1905 as chief of periodical division, 1905-1906, chief of order division, 1906-1908, chief bibliographer, 1908-1923, director legislative reference service, July since 1921, retired November 1935.
Married Helen Harris Spalding, September 3, 1894.