John Bennet | |
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Born | Donald John Logan Bennet 4 June 1957 Singapore |
Nationality | British |
Known for | Director of the British School at Athens (2015 to 2022) |
Title | Professor of Aegean Archaeology |
Spouse | Deborah |
Awards | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Doctoral advisor | John F. Cherry |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Archaeology and Classics |
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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.