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] He was the older son of Arthur Herbert Meritt, a professor of Greek and Latin at Trinity College (later Duke University).[1] His younger brother Herbert Dean Meritt was a professor of English philology at Stanford University.[2]
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[3] and worked extensively on Athenian calendaring.[4]
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.[5] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1938.[6] 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
edit- Benjamin Dean Meritt, 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. 1974. Inscriptions: the Athenian councillors. Princeton, N.J.: American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
References
edit- ^ a b c Thompson, Homer A. (1991). "Benjamin Dean Meritt (March 31, 1899 – July 7, 1989)". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 135 (1): 110–115. JSTOR 987155.
- ^ Ackerman, Robert W. (2019-05-20), HERBERT DEAN MERITT: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH, De Gruyter Mouton, pp. 11–12, doi:10.1515/9783110820263-002, ISBN 978-3-11-082026-3
- ^ Benjamin Dean Meritt; John S. Traill (1974). Inscriptions: The Athenian Councillors. American School of Classical Studies at Athens. ISBN 978-0-87661-215-6.
- ^ Benjamin Dean Meritt (1 January 1961). The Athenian Year. University of California Press. GGKEY:PKN5996UGH8.
- ^ "Benjamin Dean Meritt". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
External links
edit- 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
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