Merrell Vories Hitotsuyanagi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMerrell Vories Hitotsuyanagi
American architect
Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1880
Place of Birth: Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
Date of Death: 07-May-1964
Profession: architect
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Merrell Vories Hitotsuyanagi
- Merrell Vories Hitotsuyanagi (Mereru Hitotsuyanagi (?? ???, Hitotsuyanagi Mereru); born William Merrell Vories; October 28, 1880 – May 7, 1964) was an educator, architect, entrepreneur, Christian lay missionary, and founder of the Omi Mission.
- Born in the United States, he later became a naturalized Japanese citizen.Merrell lived and worked mainly in Shiga Prefecture in Japan.
- With only limited formal training as an architect, he founded an architectural office in Shiga which employed over thirty professional staff and was responsible for the design of well over 1000 residential, commercial, and church structures in Japan and occupied Korea, prior to the Second World War.
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