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unusual facts about Merion, PA



Hugh Wilson

Hugh Irvine Wilson (1879–1925), golf course architect, member and designer of Merion Golf Club

Iain Levison

In 1971, his parents reconciled and the family came to live in the United States, and eventually settled in Merion, Pennsylvania, on Philadelphia's wealthy Main Line.

Irv Kosloff

Isadore "Irv" S. Kosloff (1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – February 1995, Merion, Pennsylvania) was an American businessman and sportsman.

John Lucas II

He won one other tour match, by default in doubles in 1973 in Merion, PA while partnering Vic Seixas.

Merion Golf Club

Merion Golf Club plays a prominent part in the novel "Back Spin" by Harlan Coben.

Nicolas de Staël

Visiting the United States in 1953 de Staël and Francoise visited MoMA, the Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania and various other important institutions.

Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania

Rabbis spoke, as did former Lower Merion Township Commissioner Lance Rogers, US Representative Jim Gerlach, and Pennsylvania Assemblyman Daylin Leach.

Sophie Drinker

In 1911 she married the lawyer Henry (called Harry) Sandwith Drinker junior and moved with him to Merion, Pennsylvania.

Walsingham Academy

It was founded in 1947 and is administered by the Sisters of Mercy of Merion, Pennsylvania.

Welsh Tract

Among these were Gladwyne, formerly "Merion Square" (which was given its new name in 1891 in order to imitate the stylish Welsh names of adjoining towns, although the name is meaningless in Welsh), and Bryn Mawr, formerly "Humphreysville" (which was renamed in 1869).


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