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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 18 August 1774
- Died
- 11 October 1809
- Place of birth
- Albemarle County, Ivy
- Place of death
- Hickman County
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Meriwether
- Family name
- Lewis
- Father
- William Lewis
- Mother
- Lucy Meriwether
- Occupation
- explorer, military officer, politician, botanist, botanical collector, scientific collector
- Position held
- governor, Secretary-General to the President
- Citizenship
- United States
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- collection items at
- Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, William and Lynda Steere Herbarium, Natural History Museum
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- name in native language
- Meriwether Lewis
- participant in
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- place of burial
- Pioneer Cemetery
- topic's main category
- Category:Meriwether Lewis
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