Bennet Tyler (July 10, 1783 – May 14, 1858) was an American Congregational clergyman and educator.

[1] To succeed President Daniel Dana, Dartmouth Trustees selected Bennet Tyler, a South Britain, Connecticut, minister and graduate of Yale.

Tyler was very devout, and he was especially interested in preaching in the College church, letting others do the teaching.

He was successful in endowing the first scholarship at Dartmouth, intended for "the education of pious, indigent young men for the ministry".

[2] It was in 1824, during President Tyler's administration, that Dartmouth admitted its first African-American student, Edward Mitchell, in 1824.