User:Torquatus/Augustus Chapman Merriam

Augustus Chapman Merriam (born 1843 in Locust Grove, New York; died January 19, 1895, in Athens, Greece) was an American Classical scholar and epigraphist.

Merriam studied first at Columbia Grammar School and then matriculated at Columbia College (now Columbia University in New York City). He graduated in 1866 and then was appointed Tutor of Latin and Greek at Columbia in 1868, a post he held until 1876, at which point he then focused solely on ancient Greek.

In 1886-1887 Merriam was president of the American Philological Association and in 1887-1888 Merriam was director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Publications

 * 1883.The Greek and Latin inscriptions on the obelisk-crab in the Metropolitan museum, New York, a monograph. New York: Harper & Bros.
 * 1883. "The Caesareum and the Worship of Augustus at Alexandria." Transactions of the American Philological Association (1869-1896) 14:5-35.
 * 1885. "Law Code of the Kretan Gortyna (I)." The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts 1.4:324-350.

Necrology

 * Clarence H. Young. The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts 10.2 (Apr. - Jun., 1895), pp. 227-229.