Richard Carl Meister (July 27, 1848 – November 30, 1912) was a German classical scholar and linguist born in Dresden. He specialized in the field of Greek dialects.

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From 1872 he taught classes at Nikolai Gymnasium in Leipzig, where in 1892 he received the title of professor. Among his written works are the following:

• De dialecto Heracliensium italicorum, 1871.
• Die griechischen Dialekte auf Grundlage von Ahrens' Werk: De Graecae linguae dialectis (Greek dialects on the basis of Franz Heinrich Ludolf Ahrens' work: "De Graecae Linguae Dialectis"); (2 volumes 1882, 1889).
• Zum eleischen, arkadischen und kyprischen Dialekte (On Elean, Arcadian and Cypriot dialects), 1890.^[1]
• Die Mimiamben des Herodas (The "Mimiamben" of Herodas), 1893.
• Dorer und Achäer (Dorians and Achaeans), 1904.