Ernest Alfred Benians

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Ernest Alfred Benians (23 October 1880, Goudhurst, Kent – 1952) was a British academic and historian.[1]

He was born in Goudhurst, Kent, and was educated at Bethany School, where his father was headmaster.[1] He went up to the University of Cambridge in 1899, where he was admitted to St John's College.[2] After graduating, he became a Fellow of St John's in 1906, followed by a succession of teaching appointments within the university.[1] He was Master of St John's 1933–1952 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1939–1941.[1]

Publications

  • Benians, Ernest Alfred; John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Baron; Adolphus William Ward, Sir; G W Prothero; Stanley Mordaunt Leathes, Sir; (1905). The Cambridge Modern History. New York: MacMillan. p. 708. 

Sources and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Janus notes
  2. "Benians, Ernest Alfred (BNNS899EA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. 
Academic offices
Preceded by
Robert Forsyth Scott
Master of St John's College, Cambridge
1933–1952
Succeeded by
James Wordie


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