John Bennet (archaeologist)

Professor John Bennet FSA
Born	Donald John Logan Bennet Singapore
Nationality	British
Known for	Director of the British School at Athens (2015 to present)
Title	Professor of Aegean Archaeology
Spouse(s)	Deborah
Awards	Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London

Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline	Archaeology and Classics
Sub discipline	Minoan civilization Mycenaean civilization Bronze Age Aegean Linear B
Institutions	Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University of Wisconsin–Madison Keble College, Oxford University of Oxford University of Sheffield British School at Athens

Donald John Logan Bennet, FSA, known as John Bennet, is a British archaeologist, classicist, and academic, who specialises in the Aegean civilizations. He has been Professor of Aegean Archaeology at the University of Sheffield since 2004, and Director of the British School at Athens since 2015. He previously taught at the University of Cambridge, the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Oxford.

Bennet was born in Singapore and was brought up in Yorkshire, England. He studied the Classical Tripos at the University of Cambridge, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1980. He remained at Cambridge to undertake postgraduate research on "The administrative organization of Late Minoan II–IIIB Crete based on archaeological and textual (Linear B) evidence". He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1986.

Bennet began his academic career as a Junior Research Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 1983 to 1986. In 1986, after completing his doctorate, he moved to the United States and joined the Department of Classics of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics for the first year, an Assistant Professor of Classics from 1987 to 1991, and achieved tenure as an Associate Professor of Classics from 1991 to 1995. In 1995, he was appointed a Professor of Classics.