John_F._Benton

John F. Benton

John F. Benton

American historian

John F. Benton (1931 Philadelphia – February 25, 1988 Pasadena) was the Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History at the California Institute of Technology.[1]

John F. Benton in 1988

Education

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.[2]

Awards

Works

  • 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

  1. [1]
    "Medieval History Scholar : Caltech Historian John F. Benton". Los Angeles Times. February 27, 1988.
  2. [2]
    http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/53/2/Obituaries.pdf [bare URL PDF]


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