Merid Wolde Aregay

Merid Wolde Aregay
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Adwa (en) , 1927
ƙasa	Habasha
Mutuwa	2008
Karatu
Makaranta	Jami'ar Addis Ababa School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (en) University of Chicago (en) Jami'ar Harvard Harvard Graduate School of Education (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	Masanin tarihi
Employers	Jami'ar Addis Ababa

Merid Wolde Aregay (1934 ko 1935 - 2008) masanin tarihi ne na Habasha kuma masani a fannin karatu da ilimi na ƙasar Habasha.

An haifi Merid Wolde Aregay a garin Adwa a shekarar 1927 bisa kalandar Habasha. Ya sami BA a shekara ta 1956 daga University College of Addis Ababa, a yanzu Jami'ar Addis Ababa. Daga nan ne aka tura shi don samun digiri na biyu a fannin ilimi daga Jami’ar Harvard (1957), sannan ya yi digiri na biyu a fannin tarihi daga Jami’ar Chicago (1959). Ya kammala digirinsa na uku a Makarantar Nazarin Gabas da Afirka da ke Landan (1971).

Ya koyi harsuna iri-iri, na Habasha da na waje: "ban da Amharic (Tigriñña, Geʽez, wasu Oromo) da kuma harsunan Turai da dama bayan Ingilishi (Italiyanci, Faransanci, Fotigal)". Tare da iliminsa na Fotigal, ya kasance ƙwararren masani kan tarihin tasirin Katolika na Portuguese da mu'amala a tarihin Habasha.

Rubuce-rubucensa sun shafi batutuwa daban-daban, yankuna, da lokutan tarihin Habasha. Ana kuma tuna masa da kyakkyawar mu’amalarsa da dimbin ɗalibansa, domin ya shafe tsawon lokaci a ofishinsa har ya zama “gidansa na biyu”. A lokacin mulkin Dergi a kasar Habasha, ya taimaka wajen kula da Bahru Zewde, wanda aka ɗaure shekaru biyar.