Oswald Ashton Wentworth Dilke (26 April 1915-10 July 1993) was a classical scholar and philologist.

Dilke served as Lecturer at University College, Hull (1946-1950); Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, Glasgow University (1950-1967); Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Leeds University (1967-1980; and founded the Varronian Institute in Rieti

Rieti

Rieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...

. He is known for his scholarship of Latin language and text, studies of Greek theatres, and, in particular, his work on ancient cartography

Cartography

Cartography is the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.The fundamental problems of traditional cartography are to:*Set the map's...

 and land surveying.

Among his best known books are The Roman land surveyors (1971) and Greek and Roman maps (1985).

See also

• Dilke Baronets
  Dilke Baronets
  The Dilke Baronetcy, of Sloane Street in Chelsea, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 January 1862 for the Liberal politician Charles Dilke. Apart from his political career, he played an important part in the international exhibititions in London in 1851 and...