Charles Watkins Merrifield FRS (20 October 1827 â 1 January 1884, Hove) was a British mathematician.
For the British Association's Section of Mechanical Science, he was in 1875 the Section's Vice-President at the Brighton meeting and then in 1876 the Section's President at the Glasgow meeting. He served on the British Association's committee given the task of reporting on Charles BabbageâÂÂs analytical machine. For the London Mathematical Society, he served as Vice-President in 1876âÂÂ1878, as President in 1878âÂÂ1880, and as Treasurer in 1880âÂÂ1882.
Charles was the eldest son of the author and artist Mary Philadelphia Merrifield and brother of the barrister Frederick Merrifield. His nieces were the classical scholar Margaret Verrall (nee Merrifield) and suffrage campaigner Flora Merrifield.