John Bennet

Donald John Logan Bennet, (born 4 June 1957), known as John Bennet, is a British archaeologist, classicist, and academic, who specialises in the Aegean civilisations. He was Professor of Aegean Archaeology at the University of Sheffield from 2004 until his retirement in 2024, and was Director of the British School at Athens from 2015 to 2022. He previously taught at the University of Cambridge, the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Oxford.

Early life and education Bennet was born in Singapore and was brought up in Yorkshire, England. He attended Bradford Grammar School before studying the Classical Tripos at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1980. He remained at Cambridge to undertake postgraduate research on "The administrative organization of Late Minoan II–IIIB Crete based on archaeological and textual (Linear B) evidence": He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1986. In April 2004, he gave the Marett Memorial Lecture at Exeter College, Oxford; this lecture was titled "Archaeologies of Homer".

In January 2004, Bennet was appointed Professor of Aegean Archaeology at the University of Sheffield. He has served as Director of the Sheffield Centre for Aegean Archaeology since 2004, and was Head of Department of Archaeology between 2006 and 2010. In addition to directing the School's operation in Greece, he was also co-editor of the BSA Annual and Editor of its publication series.

Personal life Bennet is married to Deborah.

Honours On 19 November 2015, Bennet was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).

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