About John F. Benton
Lived 1931 – 1988 (aged 56). John F. Benton was an American historian, romanist and medievalist.
John Frederick Benton (July 15, 1931 Philadelphia – February 25, 1988 Pasadena) was an American medieval historian, the Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History at the California Institute of Technology.
Education He graduated from Haverford College, with a B.A. in 1953, from Princeton University with an M.A. in 1955, and a Ph.D. in 1959. He taught at Reed College and the University of Pennsylvania before joining the Caltech faculty in 1965.
Awards 1985 MacArthur Fellows Program
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
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American historian (1931-1988)
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John F. Benton was born on 15 July 1931 in Philadelphia.
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John F. Benton died on 25 February 1988 in Pasadena.
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