Robert Lorentz Scranton (1912-1993) was an American professor of Classical Art at the University of Chicago. He wrote a short article (Archaeology 2, 1949, p159-162) with the daring title of “Lost Atlantis Found Again?” in which he suggests the possibility that Atlantis had been located in Lake Copaïs in Boeotia, Greece. The area is rich in ancient remains including that of a number of canals. However, Scranton was somewhat unsettled by the fact that Plato had described Atlantis as being in the far west.

An annual Robert L. Scranton Lectureship was established in 1999.