John F. Benton
John Frederick Benton | |
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 Benton in 1988 | |
| Born | July 15, 1931 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | February 25, 1988 (aged 56) Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Education | Haverford College (BA) Princeton University (MA, PhD) |
| Occupation | Historian |
John Frederick Benton (July 15, 1931[1] Philadelphia – February 25, 1988 Pasadena) was an American medieval historian, the Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History at the California Institute of Technology.[2]
Education
[edit]He graduated from Haverford College, with a BA in 1953, from Princeton University with an MA in 1955, and PhD in 1959. He taught at Reed College and the University of Pennsylvania before joining the Caltech faculty in 1965.[3]
Awards
[edit]Works
[edit]- Self and society in medieval France: 1064? - c. 1125, Guibert of Nogent, Ed. John F. Benton: Translator C. C. Swinton Bland, Harper & Row, 1970
References
[edit]- ^ John Frederick Benton (1931-1988)
- ^ "Medieval History Scholar : Caltech Historian John F. Benton". Los Angeles Times. February 27, 1988.
- ^ "Obituaries" (PDF). California Institute of Technology. 1988.
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