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Bennett, Emmett L., Jr. (Emmett Leslie), 1918-2011

LC control no.n 84148183
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Personal name headingBennett, Emmett L., Jr. (Emmett Leslie), 1918-2011
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Variant(s)Bennett, Emmett L. (Emmett Leslie), 1918-2011
Bennett, Emmett Leslie, 1918-
See alsoEmployer: University of Wisconsin--Madison
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Birth date1918-07-12
Death date2011-12-15
Place of birthMinneapolis (Minn.)
Place of deathMadison (Wis.)
Field of activityGreek language Greek literature
AffiliationUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison
Profession or occupationClassicists
Found inHis The Knossos tablets, 1959: t.p. (Emmett L. Bennett, Jr.)
LC data base, 9-25-84 (hdg.: Bennett, Emmett Leslie, 1918- ; usage: Emmett L. Bennett)
New York times WWW site, Jan. 3, 2012 (in obituary published Dec. 31, 2011: Emmett L. Bennett, Jr.; b. Emmett Leslie Bennett, Jr., July 12, 1918, Minneapolis; d. Dec. 15, Madison, Wis., aged 93; classicist who played a vital role in deciphering Linear B, the Bronze Age Aegean script that defied solution for more than 50 years after it was unearthed on clay tablets in 1900)
Wikipedia, 1 March 2023 (Emmett L. Bennett Jr.; born July 18, 1918; died December 15, 2011; American classicist; known for work on Mycenaean Greek; taught at University of Wisconsin-Madison for nearly 30 years)
Associated languageeng