HUGO RICHARD MEYER
Attended Harvard 1884-85, 1888-92, A.B. 1892 (’93); Graduate School 1892-97, A.M. 1894.
Was instructor in economics at Harvard from 1896 to 1903; lecturer on economics, 1903-04.
Meyer does not reply to the Secretary’s letters. The following information is kindly supplied by a member of the class: “After leaving Harvard, Meyer spent six months at the University of Chicago. He then went to Denver, and is now (August, 1907) going to Australia to be gone from four to six years. He expects to be in Melbourne for a year and a half and an equal length of time in Sydney. He will return to the States via Europe. He will spend his time in Australia in research work, looking up such subjects as state ownership of railways, wage scales, and kindred subjects.”
Has published ” The British State Telegraphs,” sub-title: “A Story of the Problem of a Large Body of Civil Servants in a Democracy,” Macmillan.
Source: Secretary’s Report Harvard Class of 1892, No. V. Boston, Fort Hill Press, 1912, p. 113.
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H. R. Meyer, ’92, sometime instructor in Economics at Harvard, now assistant professor at the University of Chicago, has published an important book on “Government Regulation of Railroad Rates.”
Source: The Harvard Graduates’ Magazine, vol. 14, (December 1905), p. 337.
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MEYER, Hugo Richard, American author and economist: b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1 April 1866. He was graduated at Harvard in 1892, and attended the Harvard Graduate School in 1892-96. He was instructor in political economy at Harvard in 1897-1903, and was assistant professor in that subject at the University of Chicago in 1904-05. Since 1907 he has been engaged at Melbourne in writing a history of State Ownership in Victoria, Australia. Author of ‘Government Regulation of Railroad Rates’ (1905); ‘Municipal Ownership in Great Britain’ (1906); ‘The British State Telegraphs’ (1907); ‘Public Ownership and the Telephone in Great Britain’ (1907).
Source: The Encyclopedia Americana (1920).
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APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION–NATIVE CITIZEN
I, Hugo R. Meyer, hereby apply to the Consulate of the United States at Melbourne for registration as an American citizen.
I was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 1, 1866.
My father, Henry Meyer, was born in Schotmar Germany and [is] deceased. He emigrated to the United States on or about 1851; resided 23 years, uninterruptedly, in the United States, from 1882 to 1905, at Denver, Colo., and was naturalized as a citizen of the United States before the District Court of Hamilton County at Cincinnati, Ohio on March 22, 1867 as shown by the Certificat of Naturalization presented herewith.
I last left the United States on July 1907, arriving at Melbourne, Australia on Aug. 1907, where I am now residing for the purpose of Historical work, on behalf of myself.
I have resided outside the United States at the following places for the following periods. Germany, from 1878 to 1882. Australia from 1907 to date.
My legal domicile is in Denver, Colorado, my permanent residence being at [blank]; my temporary local address is Melbourne.
I desire to remain a citizen of the United States and intend to return thereto permanently to reside and perform the duties of citizenship within— years, or when my researches are completed.
I do pay the American Income Tax at Baltimore, Maryland.
I last applied for registration at the Consulate of the United States at Melbourne on Nov. 21 1916.
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I am married to Udona Beard, who was born in Illinois (Peoria) on Sept 3, 1877, and is now residing at Melbourne [no children]
[Signed and sworn]
19th day of December, 1907-
The applicant’s physical description:
Age, 61, height, 5 feet 9 1/2 inches; blue eyes, gray hair, ruddy complexion.
[Re-registration on Jan. 16, 1922.]
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REPORT OF THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
Consular Service, U.S.A.
Melbourne, Australia, July 2, 1923.
Name: Hugo Richard Meyer
Native or naturalized: Native
Date of death: June 15, 1923
Place of death: 146 Orrong Road, Toorak. Victoria, Australia
Cause of death: Angina Pectoris
Disposition of remains: Interred in Brighton Cemetery, Brighton, Victoria
Disposition of Effects: Bequeathed by will to his wife, Udona Beard Meyer.