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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Benjamin_Dean_Meritt > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Benjamin_Dean_Meritt.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Dean_Meritt > Source revision: 1322668377 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American classical scholar and epigraphist (1899–1989)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} '''Benjamin Dean Meritt''' (March 31, 1899 in [Durham, North Carolina](/source/Durham%2C_North_Carolina) – July 7, 1989 in [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_Texas)) was a classical scholar, professor and epigraphist of ancient Greece.{{Cite journal| last = Thompson | first = Homer A. | authorlink = Homer Thompson | title = Benjamin Dean Meritt (March 31, 1899 – July 7, 1989) | journal = [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society](/source/Proceedings_of_the_American_Philosophical_Society) | volume = 135 | issue = 1 | year = 1991 | pages = 110–115 | jstor = 987155 }} He was the older son of Arthur Herbert Meritt, a professor of Greek and Latin at Trinity College (later [Duke University](/source/Duke_University)). His younger brother Herbert Dean Meritt was a professor of English philology at [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University).{{Citation |last=Ackerman |first=Robert W. |chapter=Herbert Dean Meritt: A Biographical Sketch |title=Philological Essays |editor-last=Rosier |editor-first=James L. |date=2019-05-20 |pages=11–12 |chapter-url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110820263-002/html |access-date= |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |language=en |doi=10.1515/9783110820263-002 |isbn=978-3-11-082026-3}} Meritt was educated at [Hamilton College](/source/Hamilton_College_(New_York)) (B.A. 1920) and [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) (M.A. 1923, Ph.D. 1924). He was an assistant director of the [American School of Classical Studies at Athens](/source/American_School_of_Classical_Studies_at_Athens), is notable for his development of the [Athenian Tribute List](/source/Athenian_Tribute_List)s{{cite book|author1=Benjamin Dean Meritt|author2=John S. Traill|title=Inscriptions: The Athenian Councillors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IhCeMQEACAAJ|year=1974|publisher=American School of Classical Studies at Athens|isbn=978-0-87661-215-6}} and worked extensively on Athenian calendaring.{{cite book|author=Benjamin Dean Meritt|title=The Athenian Year|url=https://archive.org/details/athenianyear0000meri|url-access=registration|date=1 January 1961|publisher=University of California Press|id=GGKEY:PKN5996UGH8}} Meritt taught at a number of universities including [University of Vermont](/source/University_of_Vermont), [Brown University](/source/Brown_University), [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan), [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) and the [American School of Classical Studies in Athens](/source/American_School_of_Classical_Studies_in_Athens). In 1935 he became a member of the faculty at the [Institute for Advanced Study](/source/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](/source/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences).{{Cite web |date=2023-02-09 |title=Benjamin Dean Meritt |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/benjamin-dean-meritt |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}} He was elected to the [American Philosophical Society](/source/American_Philosophical_Society) in 1938.{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Benjamin+Meritt&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}} In 1972, he moved with his wife, [Lucy Shoe Meritt](/source/Lucy_Shoe_Meritt), to the [University of Texas at Austin](/source/University_of_Texas_at_Austin) as a visiting professor. The following year she became a visiting professor as well. ==Selected bibliography== #Benjamin Dean Meritt, [H. T. Wade-Gery](/source/H._T._Wade-Gery), and Malcolm Francis McGregor. 1939–1953. ''The Athenian tribute lists''. 4 vol. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press. #Benjamin Dean Meritt and [John S. Traill](/source/John_S._Traill). 1974. ''Inscriptions: the Athenian councillors.'' Princeton, N.J.: American School of Classical Studies at Athens. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{DBCS}} * [http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2000-2001/memorials/SCANNED/meritt.pdf In Memoriam: Benjamin Dean Merritt], University of Texas at Austin Faculty Council * [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/08/obituaries/dr-benjamin-merritt-emeritus-professor-90.html "Dr. Benjamin Merritt, Emeritus Professor, 90." ''New York Times'' July 8, 1989] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Meritt, Benjamin Dean}} Category:1899 births Category:1989 deaths Category:American classical scholars Category:Classical scholars of the Institute for Advanced Study Category:Classical scholars of the University of Texas at Austin Category:Hellenic epigraphers Category:Hamilton College (New York) alumni Category:Princeton University alumni Category:Institute for Advanced Study faculty Category:Corresponding fellows of the British Academy Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society {{US-academic-bio-stub}} {{Classical-scholar-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Benjamin Dean Meritt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Dean_Meritt) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Dean_Meritt?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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