Professor emeritus Emmett Leslie Bennett Jr., age 93, died on Thursday, Dec.15, 2011, at Capitol Lakes Terraces in Madison, Wisconsin.
Dr. Bennett was born on July 12, 1918, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Emmett L. Bennett Sr. and Mary [Buzzelle] Bennett.
Dr. Bennett received his education at the University of Cincinnati's McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, completing his Ph.D. in 1947. He taught at Yale and at the University of Texas before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin's Department of Classics as a permanent fellow of the Institute for Research in the Humanities in 1959. He also held the Moses Slaughter Professorship at University of Wisconsin from 1978 until his retirement in 1988.
Regarded as the founding father of the study of Mycenaean scripts, Dr. Bennett undertook seminal studies of Linear B script that contributed enormously to their decipherment by Michael Ventris in 1952.
Emmett Benett's many honors and awards include numerous scholarships, two Fulbright Fellowships and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He was an honorary member and honorary councilor of the Archaeological Society of Athens, one of only a dozen foreign scholars to receive this honor. In 1991, Dr. Bennett received the Gold Cross of the Order of Honor, the highest award that the Greek government can present to a foreigner. In 2001, he received the Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement from the Archaeological Institute of America; in 2003 an honorary doctorate from the University of Athens; in 2006 the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory.
Dr. Bennett was preceded in his passing by his wife, Marja A. Bennett; and his brother Myron, a classical music radio announcer on WGUC-FM in Cincinnati, Ohio.
He is survived by a sister, Shirley Denman; and a brother, Clarence Bennett, both of Huntington Woods, Michigan. He will be remembered with love by his five children, Patrick, Kathleen, Cynthia, John and Christopher as well as his four grandchildren, Adrian, Abraham, Eli and Daniel; and a namesake, Emmett James.
A memorial gathering is being planned.
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The following is from: http://www.utexas.edu/research/pasp/bennetta.html
THE PASP Archives recently obtained the papers of Emmett L. Bennett, Jr., one of the world's most distinguished and reputable Classics scholars and the founding father of the study of Mycenaean scripts. His systematic and meticulous analysis of Linear B was instrumental in its decipherment by British scholar Michael Ventris in 1952.
During the 2006-2007 academic year, M.S.I.S. candidate Christy Costlow of the University of Texas at Austin's School of Information arranged, indexed, and rehoused the materials into archival enclosures. Links to the Word and PDF versions of the finding aid are listed below.
The collection, consisting of 6,193 items, is comprised of the research material, publications, manuscripts, lecture notes, education and teaching material, correspondence, and photographic material created and compiled by Bennett during his professional career. The bulk of the material include items related to the study of Linear B and Bennett's correspondence with other scholars and colleagues in the Classical Studies field.
Dr. Bennett was a passionate scholar whose extraordinary precision and attention to detail are well illustrated by the numerous grids, graphs, and statistical calculations he completed in his work on Linear B. His roles also included those of a mentor, encourager and collaborator, and as a reputable and greatly respected scholar in the field, Bennett received frequent correspondence and papers for review from colleagues and amateurs alike. Prior to and around the time of the decipherment of Linear B, Bennett collaborated closely with Michael Ventris (these letters are included within PASP's Michael Ventris archival collection), and for years afterwards he remained close with those such as Carl Blegen, his former teacher, and John Chadwick, a frequent collaborator.
Professor Bennett donated the materials to PASP under the custody of Prof. Palaima. Related materials are found in PASP's collections of the papers of Michael Ventris and Alice E. Kober. Additionally, PASP houses the offprint collection of Emmett. L. Bennett, Jr., also given to Prof. Palaima who retains ownership.
Dr. Bennett was born on July 12, 1918, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Emmett L. Bennett Sr. and Mary [Buzzelle] Bennett.
Dr. Bennett received his education at the University of Cincinnati's McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, completing his Ph.D. in 1947. He taught at Yale and at the University of Texas before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin's Department of Classics as a permanent fellow of the Institute for Research in the Humanities in 1959. He also held the Moses Slaughter Professorship at University of Wisconsin from 1978 until his retirement in 1988.
Regarded as the founding father of the study of Mycenaean scripts, Dr. Bennett undertook seminal studies of Linear B script that contributed enormously to their decipherment by Michael Ventris in 1952.
Emmett Benett's many honors and awards include numerous scholarships, two Fulbright Fellowships and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He was an honorary member and honorary councilor of the Archaeological Society of Athens, one of only a dozen foreign scholars to receive this honor. In 1991, Dr. Bennett received the Gold Cross of the Order of Honor, the highest award that the Greek government can present to a foreigner. In 2001, he received the Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement from the Archaeological Institute of America; in 2003 an honorary doctorate from the University of Athens; in 2006 the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory.
Dr. Bennett was preceded in his passing by his wife, Marja A. Bennett; and his brother Myron, a classical music radio announcer on WGUC-FM in Cincinnati, Ohio.
He is survived by a sister, Shirley Denman; and a brother, Clarence Bennett, both of Huntington Woods, Michigan. He will be remembered with love by his five children, Patrick, Kathleen, Cynthia, John and Christopher as well as his four grandchildren, Adrian, Abraham, Eli and Daniel; and a namesake, Emmett James.
A memorial gathering is being planned.
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The following is from: http://www.utexas.edu/research/pasp/bennetta.html
THE PASP Archives recently obtained the papers of Emmett L. Bennett, Jr., one of the world's most distinguished and reputable Classics scholars and the founding father of the study of Mycenaean scripts. His systematic and meticulous analysis of Linear B was instrumental in its decipherment by British scholar Michael Ventris in 1952.
During the 2006-2007 academic year, M.S.I.S. candidate Christy Costlow of the University of Texas at Austin's School of Information arranged, indexed, and rehoused the materials into archival enclosures. Links to the Word and PDF versions of the finding aid are listed below.
The collection, consisting of 6,193 items, is comprised of the research material, publications, manuscripts, lecture notes, education and teaching material, correspondence, and photographic material created and compiled by Bennett during his professional career. The bulk of the material include items related to the study of Linear B and Bennett's correspondence with other scholars and colleagues in the Classical Studies field.
Dr. Bennett was a passionate scholar whose extraordinary precision and attention to detail are well illustrated by the numerous grids, graphs, and statistical calculations he completed in his work on Linear B. His roles also included those of a mentor, encourager and collaborator, and as a reputable and greatly respected scholar in the field, Bennett received frequent correspondence and papers for review from colleagues and amateurs alike. Prior to and around the time of the decipherment of Linear B, Bennett collaborated closely with Michael Ventris (these letters are included within PASP's Michael Ventris archival collection), and for years afterwards he remained close with those such as Carl Blegen, his former teacher, and John Chadwick, a frequent collaborator.
Professor Bennett donated the materials to PASP under the custody of Prof. Palaima. Related materials are found in PASP's collections of the papers of Michael Ventris and Alice E. Kober. Additionally, PASP houses the offprint collection of Emmett. L. Bennett, Jr., also given to Prof. Palaima who retains ownership.
Professor emeritus Emmett Leslie Bennett Jr., age 93, died on Thursday, Dec.15, 2011, at Capitol Lakes Terraces in Madison, Wisconsin.
Dr. Bennett was born on July 12, 1918, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Emmett L. Bennett Sr. and Mary [Buzzelle] Bennett.
Dr. Bennett received his education at the University of Cincinnati's McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, completing his Ph.D. in 1947. He taught at Yale and at the University of Texas before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin's Department of Classics as a permanent fellow of the Institute for Research in the Humanities in 1959. He also held the Moses Slaughter Professorship at University of Wisconsin from 1978 until his retirement in 1988.
Regarded as the founding father of the study of Mycenaean scripts, Dr. Bennett undertook seminal studies of Linear B script that contributed enormously to their decipherment by Michael Ventris in 1952.
Emmett Benett's many honors and awards include numerous scholarships, two Fulbright Fellowships and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He was an honorary member and honorary councilor of the Archaeological Society of Athens, one of only a dozen foreign scholars to receive this honor. In 1991, Dr. Bennett received the Gold Cross of the Order of Honor, the highest award that the Greek government can present to a foreigner. In 2001, he received the Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement from the Archaeological Institute of America; in 2003 an honorary doctorate from the University of Athens; in 2006 the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory.
Dr. Bennett was preceded in his passing by his wife, Marja A. Bennett; and his brother Myron, a classical music radio announcer on WGUC-FM in Cincinnati, Ohio.
He is survived by a sister, Shirley Denman; and a brother, Clarence Bennett, both of Huntington Woods, Michigan. He will be remembered with love by his five children, Patrick, Kathleen, Cynthia, John and Christopher as well as his four grandchildren, Adrian, Abraham, Eli and Daniel; and a namesake, Emmett James.
A memorial gathering is being planned.
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The following is from: http://www.utexas.edu/research/pasp/bennetta.html
THE PASP Archives recently obtained the papers of Emmett L. Bennett, Jr., one of the world's most distinguished and reputable Classics scholars and the founding father of the study of Mycenaean scripts. His systematic and meticulous analysis of Linear B was instrumental in its decipherment by British scholar Michael Ventris in 1952.
During the 2006-2007 academic year, M.S.I.S. candidate Christy Costlow of the University of Texas at Austin's School of Information arranged, indexed, and rehoused the materials into archival enclosures. Links to the Word and PDF versions of the finding aid are listed below.
The collection, consisting of 6,193 items, is comprised of the research material, publications, manuscripts, lecture notes, education and teaching material, correspondence, and photographic material created and compiled by Bennett during his professional career. The bulk of the material include items related to the study of Linear B and Bennett's correspondence with other scholars and colleagues in the Classical Studies field.
Dr. Bennett was a passionate scholar whose extraordinary precision and attention to detail are well illustrated by the numerous grids, graphs, and statistical calculations he completed in his work on Linear B. His roles also included those of a mentor, encourager and collaborator, and as a reputable and greatly respected scholar in the field, Bennett received frequent correspondence and papers for review from colleagues and amateurs alike. Prior to and around the time of the decipherment of Linear B, Bennett collaborated closely with Michael Ventris (these letters are included within PASP's Michael Ventris archival collection), and for years afterwards he remained close with those such as Carl Blegen, his former teacher, and John Chadwick, a frequent collaborator.
Professor Bennett donated the materials to PASP under the custody of Prof. Palaima. Related materials are found in PASP's collections of the papers of Michael Ventris and Alice E. Kober. Additionally, PASP houses the offprint collection of Emmett. L. Bennett, Jr., also given to Prof. Palaima who retains ownership.
Dr. Bennett was born on July 12, 1918, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Emmett L. Bennett Sr. and Mary [Buzzelle] Bennett.
Dr. Bennett received his education at the University of Cincinnati's McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, completing his Ph.D. in 1947. He taught at Yale and at the University of Texas before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin's Department of Classics as a permanent fellow of the Institute for Research in the Humanities in 1959. He also held the Moses Slaughter Professorship at University of Wisconsin from 1978 until his retirement in 1988.
Regarded as the founding father of the study of Mycenaean scripts, Dr. Bennett undertook seminal studies of Linear B script that contributed enormously to their decipherment by Michael Ventris in 1952.
Emmett Benett's many honors and awards include numerous scholarships, two Fulbright Fellowships and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He was an honorary member and honorary councilor of the Archaeological Society of Athens, one of only a dozen foreign scholars to receive this honor. In 1991, Dr. Bennett received the Gold Cross of the Order of Honor, the highest award that the Greek government can present to a foreigner. In 2001, he received the Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement from the Archaeological Institute of America; in 2003 an honorary doctorate from the University of Athens; in 2006 the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory.
Dr. Bennett was preceded in his passing by his wife, Marja A. Bennett; and his brother Myron, a classical music radio announcer on WGUC-FM in Cincinnati, Ohio.
He is survived by a sister, Shirley Denman; and a brother, Clarence Bennett, both of Huntington Woods, Michigan. He will be remembered with love by his five children, Patrick, Kathleen, Cynthia, John and Christopher as well as his four grandchildren, Adrian, Abraham, Eli and Daniel; and a namesake, Emmett James.
A memorial gathering is being planned.
=============================================
The following is from: http://www.utexas.edu/research/pasp/bennetta.html
THE PASP Archives recently obtained the papers of Emmett L. Bennett, Jr., one of the world's most distinguished and reputable Classics scholars and the founding father of the study of Mycenaean scripts. His systematic and meticulous analysis of Linear B was instrumental in its decipherment by British scholar Michael Ventris in 1952.
During the 2006-2007 academic year, M.S.I.S. candidate Christy Costlow of the University of Texas at Austin's School of Information arranged, indexed, and rehoused the materials into archival enclosures. Links to the Word and PDF versions of the finding aid are listed below.
The collection, consisting of 6,193 items, is comprised of the research material, publications, manuscripts, lecture notes, education and teaching material, correspondence, and photographic material created and compiled by Bennett during his professional career. The bulk of the material include items related to the study of Linear B and Bennett's correspondence with other scholars and colleagues in the Classical Studies field.
Dr. Bennett was a passionate scholar whose extraordinary precision and attention to detail are well illustrated by the numerous grids, graphs, and statistical calculations he completed in his work on Linear B. His roles also included those of a mentor, encourager and collaborator, and as a reputable and greatly respected scholar in the field, Bennett received frequent correspondence and papers for review from colleagues and amateurs alike. Prior to and around the time of the decipherment of Linear B, Bennett collaborated closely with Michael Ventris (these letters are included within PASP's Michael Ventris archival collection), and for years afterwards he remained close with those such as Carl Blegen, his former teacher, and John Chadwick, a frequent collaborator.
Professor Bennett donated the materials to PASP under the custody of Prof. Palaima. Related materials are found in PASP's collections of the papers of Michael Ventris and Alice E. Kober. Additionally, PASP houses the offprint collection of Emmett. L. Bennett, Jr., also given to Prof. Palaima who retains ownership.
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From the NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/science/emmett-l-bennett-jr-dies-at-93-helped-decipher-linear-b.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries
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