Merton

Noun	1.	Merton - United States religious and writer (1915-1968) Synonyms: Thomas Merton
	2.	Merton - United States sociologist (1910-2003) Synonyms: Robert King Merton, Robert Merton

MERTON, STATUTE OF. A statute so called, because the parliament or rather council, which enacted it, sat at Merton, in Surrey. It was made the 20 Hen. III. A. D. 1236. See Barr. an the Stat. 41.

author, religious, Thomas Merton, writer