Background
Benedict, Burton was born on May 20, 1923 in Baltimore. Son of Burton Eli Oppenheim and Helen Blanche (Deiches) Benedict.
museum director anthropology educator
Benedict, Burton was born on May 20, 1923 in Baltimore. Son of Burton Eli Oppenheim and Helen Blanche (Deiches) Benedict.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1954.
Senior research fellow, Institute Islamic Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1954-1955; sociological research officer, Colonial Office, London and Mauritius, 1955-1958; senior lecturer social anthropology, London School Economics, 1958-1968; professor anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 1968-1991; professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, since 1991; department chairman, University of California, Berkeley, 1970-1971; dean social science, University of California, Berkeley, 1971-1974; director Hearst Museum Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 1989-1994; director emeritus, Hearst Museum Anthropology, since 1994. Director University of California Study Center for United Kingdom and Ireland, London, 1986-1988.
Trustee East Bay Zoological Society Sergeant United States Air Force, 1942-1946. Fellow Royal Anthropological Institute (member council 1962-1965, 67-68, 86-89), American Anthropological Association. Member Association Social Anthropologists of British Commonwealth, Athenaeum Club (London).
Married Marion MacColl Steuber, September 23, 1950. Children: Helen, Barbara MacVean.