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^[1]Philadelphia – February 25, 1988Pasadena) was an American medieval historian, the Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History at theCalifornia Institute of Technology.^[2]

He graduated fromHaverford College, with a BA in 1953, fromPrinceton University with an MA in 1955, and PhD in 1959. He taught atReed College and theUniversity of Pennsylvania before joining the Caltech faculty in 1965.^[3]

• 1985MacArthur Fellows Program

• Self and society in medieval France: 1064? - c. 1125, Guibert of Nogent, Ed. John F. Benton: Translator C. C. Swinton Bland, Harper & Row, 1970

• "John F Benton",Google Scholar

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