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John Frederick Benton
Benton in 1988
Born	(1931-07-15)July 15, 1931 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	February 25, 1988(1988-02-25) (aged 56) Pasadena, California, U.S.
Education	Haverford College (BA) Princeton University (MA, PhD)
Occupation	Historian

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 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.

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. 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.

External links

• "John F Benton", Google Scholar

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