Education
He received his bachelor"s degree from Tulane University and his Doctor of Philosophy in mathematics in 1965 from Yale University under C. East. Rickart with thesis Banach Spaces of Analytic Functions.
He received his bachelor"s degree from Tulane University and his Doctor of Philosophy in mathematics in 1965 from Yale University under C. East. Rickart with thesis Banach Spaces of Analytic Functions.
Merrill was raised in Bogalusa, Louisiana. Merrill was a professor of mathematics and statistics at Wilkes University until he retired in 2004. Making Multicandidate Elections More Democratic (1988, Princeton University Press)
A Unified Theory of Voting with Bernard Grofman (1999, Cambridge University Press).
Samuel Merrill is the author of three books on political science:
A Unified Theory of Party Competition with James Adams and Bernard Grofman (2005, Cambridge University Press).