John Bennet (archaeologist)

John Bennet
Professor Bennet during an online Zoom conference in 2021
Born
Donald John Logan Bennet

(1957-06-04) 4 June 1957 (age 67)
Singapore
NationalityBritish
Known forDirector of the British School at Athens (2015 to 2022)
TitleProfessor of Aegean Archaeology
SpouseDeborah
AwardsFellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Doctoral advisorJohn F. Cherry
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology and Classics
Sub-discipline
Institutions

Donald John Logan Bennet, FSA (born 4 June 1957), known as John Bennet, is a British archaeologist, classicist, and academic, who specialises in the Aegean civilisations. He has been Professor of Aegean Archaeology at the University of Sheffield since 2004, 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.