Carleton Lewis Brownson (January 19, 1866 – September 27, 1948) was a professor of the Greek language and Latin language and dean of the College of Liberal Arts at City College of New York.
He traveled to Athens, Greece and became a student member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens from 1890 to 1892.
In December of 1893, he married Miss Potter according to a personal letter by Clarinda Boltwood of New Haven Ct.
In 1897 he received his Ph.D. from Yale University, and was offered a teaching position at City College of New York.
[2] By 1909 he was dean of the College of Liberal Arts at City College of New York till 1926 when he was promoted to Dean of the Faculty.