John F. Benton

John Frederick Benton
Benton in 1988
Born(1931-07-15)July 15, 1931
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedFebruary 25, 1988(1988-02-25) (aged 56)
Pasadena, California, U.S.
EducationHaverford College (BA)
Princeton University (MA, PhD)
OccupationHistorian

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

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

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. ^ John Frederick Benton (1931-1988)
  2. ^ "Medieval History Scholar : Caltech Historian John F. Benton". Los Angeles Times. February 27, 1988.
  3. ^ "Obituaries" (PDF). California Institute of Technology. 1988.


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