Benjamin Dean Meritt (March 31, 1899 in Durham, North Carolina – July 7, 1989 in Austin, Texas) was a classical scholar, professor and epigraphist of ancient Greece.^[1] His father, Arthur Herbert Meritt, was a professor of Greek and Latin at Trinity College (later Duke University).^[1]

Meritt was educated at Hamilton College (B.A. 1920) and Princeton University (M.A. 1923, Ph.D. 1924).^[1] He was an assistant director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, is notable for his development of the Athenian Tribute Lists^[2] and worked extensively on Athenian calendaring.^[3]

Meritt taught at a number of universities including University of Vermont, Brown University, University of Michigan, Princeton University and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. In 1935 he became a member of the faculty at the Institute for Advanced Study, a position he would hold until his retirement. That same year, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[4] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1938.^[5] In 1972, he moved with his wife, Lucy Shoe Meritt, to the University of Texas at Austin as a visiting professor. The following year she became a visiting professor as well.

Selected bibliography

1. Benjamin Dean Meritt, H. T. Wade-Gery, and Malcolm Francis McGregor. 1939–1953. The Athenian tribute lists. 4 vol. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press.
2. Benjamin Dean Meritt and John S. Traill. 1974. Inscriptions: the Athenian councillors. Princeton, N.J.: American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

References

External links

• Benjamin Dean Meritt at the Database of Classical Scholars
• In Memoriam: Benjamin Dean Merritt, University of Texas at Austin Faculty Council
• "Dr. Benjamin Merritt, Emeritus Professor, 90." New York Times July 8, 1989