Benjamin Dean Meritt (March 31, 1899 in Durham, North Carolina – July 7, 1989 in

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) was a classical scholar, professor and epigraphist of ancient Greece. His father was a professor of Greek and Latin at Trinity College (later Duke University). Meritt was educated at

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(B.A. 1920) and

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(M.A. 1923, Ph.D. 1924).Thompson, Homer A. "Benjamin Dean Meritt (March 31, 1899-July 7, 1989)." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 135, no. 1 (1991): 111-15. Accessed April 5, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/987155. He was an assistant director of the

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, is notable for his development of the Athenian Tribute Lists and worked extensively on Athenian calendaring. Meritt taught at a number of universities including

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, Brown University,

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and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. In 1935 he became a member of the faculty at the

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, until his retirement. In 1972, he moved with his wife, Lucy Shoe Meritt, to the

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as a visiting professor. The following year she became a visiting professor as well.

Selected bibliography

#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.

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In Memoriam: Benjamin Dean Merritt
University of Texas at Austin Faculty Council

1899 births 1989 deaths American classical scholars Classical scholars of the Institute for Advanced Study Classical scholars of the University of Texas at Austin Hellenic epigraphers Hamilton College (New York) alumni Princeton University alumni Institute for Advanced Study faculty Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy {{US-academic-bio-stub