Buried: 30 Mar 1946
BENTON, Elbert J. He taught in high schools while doing graduate work at the University of Chicago and at Johns Hopkins University, from which he received his Ph.D in 1903, when he was appointed instructor of history at Adelbert College. He became assistant professor in 1906; full professor in 1909; and the first dean of the newly organized Graduate School in 1925, although he continued to teach. He retired in 1941, becoming dean emeritus. In 1942, Benton, who had served as secretary and trustee of the Western Reserve Historical Society since 1913, became acting director, and subsequently director. Benton wrote several books.
Following Books were published by Elbert Jay Benton Benton, Elbert Jay, 1871-1946. Cultural story of an American city, Cleveland, [by] Elbert Jay Benton. Cleveland, O. Western Reserve historical society, 1943- (Note: Pt. III Under the shadow of a civil war and reconstruction, 1850-1877) 2 v. The movement for peace without a victory during the Civil War, by Elbert J. Benton. New York, Da Capo Press, 1972. The movement for peace without victory during the civil war, by Elbert J. Benton. Cleveland, O., 1918.
BENTON, Elbert J. He taught in high schools while doing graduate work at the University of Chicago and at Johns Hopkins University, from which he received his Ph.D in 1903, when he was appointed instructor of history at Adelbert College. He became assistant professor in 1906; full professor in 1909; and the first dean of the newly organized Graduate School in 1925, although he continued to teach. He retired in 1941, becoming dean emeritus. In 1942, Benton, who had served as secretary and trustee of the Western Reserve Historical Society since 1913, became acting director, and subsequently director. Benton wrote several books.
Following Books were published by Elbert Jay Benton Benton, Elbert Jay, 1871-1946. Cultural story of an American city, Cleveland, [by] Elbert Jay Benton. Cleveland, O. Western Reserve historical society, 1943- (Note: Pt. III Under the shadow of a civil war and reconstruction, 1850-1877) 2 v. The movement for peace without a victory during the Civil War, by Elbert J. Benton. New York, Da Capo Press, 1972. The movement for peace without victory during the civil war, by Elbert J. Benton. Cleveland, O., 1918.
Buried: 30 Mar 1946
BENTON, Elbert J. He taught in high schools while doing graduate work at the University of Chicago and at Johns Hopkins University, from which he received his Ph.D in 1903, when he was appointed instructor of history at Adelbert College. He became assistant professor in 1906; full professor in 1909; and the first dean of the newly organized Graduate School in 1925, although he continued to teach. He retired in 1941, becoming dean emeritus. In 1942, Benton, who had served as secretary and trustee of the Western Reserve Historical Society since 1913, became acting director, and subsequently director. Benton wrote several books.
Following Books were published by Elbert Jay Benton Benton, Elbert Jay, 1871-1946. Cultural story of an American city, Cleveland, [by] Elbert Jay Benton. Cleveland, O. Western Reserve historical society, 1943- (Note: Pt. III Under the shadow of a civil war and reconstruction, 1850-1877) 2 v. The movement for peace without a victory during the Civil War, by Elbert J. Benton. New York, Da Capo Press, 1972. The movement for peace without victory during the civil war, by Elbert J. Benton. Cleveland, O., 1918.
BENTON, Elbert J. He taught in high schools while doing graduate work at the University of Chicago and at Johns Hopkins University, from which he received his Ph.D in 1903, when he was appointed instructor of history at Adelbert College. He became assistant professor in 1906; full professor in 1909; and the first dean of the newly organized Graduate School in 1925, although he continued to teach. He retired in 1941, becoming dean emeritus. In 1942, Benton, who had served as secretary and trustee of the Western Reserve Historical Society since 1913, became acting director, and subsequently director. Benton wrote several books.
Following Books were published by Elbert Jay Benton Benton, Elbert Jay, 1871-1946. Cultural story of an American city, Cleveland, [by] Elbert Jay Benton. Cleveland, O. Western Reserve historical society, 1943- (Note: Pt. III Under the shadow of a civil war and reconstruction, 1850-1877) 2 v. The movement for peace without a victory during the Civil War, by Elbert J. Benton. New York, Da Capo Press, 1972. The movement for peace without victory during the civil war, by Elbert J. Benton. Cleveland, O., 1918.
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