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Bennett D. Hill

1934 – 2005

American historian

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About Bennett D. Hill

Lived 1934 – 2005 (aged 70–71). Bennett D. Hill was an American historian and university teacher.

Bennett David Hill (1934–2005) was an American historian, Benedictine monk, and author.

Early life and education Hill was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1934 and moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when he was ten. He earned advanced degrees from Harvard University (A.M. in 1958) and Princeton University (Ph.D. in 1963).

Career Hill taught history at the University of Illinois at Urbana.

Hill was the author of English Monasteries and Their Patrons in the Twelfth Century (1968), Church and State in the Middle Ages (1970), and articles in Analecta Cisterciensia, New Catholic Encyclopedia, The American Benedictine Review and The Dictionary of the Middle Ages. He was one of the contributing editors of The Encyclopedia of World History (2001). both published in several editions.

Hill was a Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies and served as vice president of the American Catholic Historical Association (1995–1996). A Benedictine monk of Saint Anselm's Abbey in Washington, D.C., he also taught at St. Anselm's Abbey School and was a visiting professor at Georgetown University.

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Born
1934
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Died
2005
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Education
Harvard University, Princeton University
Employers
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Also known as
Bennett David Hill

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American historian

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Bennett D. Hill was born in 1934.

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Bennett D. Hill died in 2005.

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Bennett D. Hill was a historian and university teacher.

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Bennett D. Hill was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Bennett D. Hill

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