John F. Benton

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

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

• 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

References

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

External links

• "John F Benton", Google Scholar