Benjamin Schwartz (died 1981) was an American linguist, specializing in ancient languages and texts from the Middle East.
He taught for a time at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. His main interests were Indoeuropean languages, Anatolian texts and languages (such as Hittite and Luwian), Judaeo-Greek hymns, and the Phaistos disk.
He died on December 26, 1981.
References Yoël L. Arbeitman (1988): A Linguistic Happening in Memory of Ben Schwartz: Studies in Anatolian, Italic, and Other Indo-European Languages. Volume 42 of Bibliothèque des Cahiers de l'Institut de linguistique de Louvain (BCILL). 598 pages.
Benjamin Schwartz (1959): "The Phaistos disk". Journal of Near Eastern Studies, volume 18, issue 2, pages 105–112.
Benjamin Schwartz (1959): "The Phaistos Disk II". Journal of Near Eastern Studies, volume 10, issue 3, pages 222-226.
J. Alexander Kerns and Benjamin Schwartz (1973): A Sketch of the Indo-European Finite Verb. Volume 3 of Monographs on Mediterranean antiquity. New York University, Department of Classics, Brill Archive. 85 pages.
Syracuse Herald Journal, Syracuse NY, issue 1981-12-29, page 39.