Charles Franklin Bennett

Background

Bennett, Charles Franklin was born on April 10, 1926 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Charles Franklin and Charlotte Louise (Normand) Bennett.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1959.

Career

Instructor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1959-1960; assistant professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1960-1965; associate professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1965-1969; professor biogeography, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1969; professor emeritus, since 1993. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Charles Franklin Bennett has been listed as a noteworthy Biogeographer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Geography Society. Member Ecological Society American, British Ecological Society, Association Tropical Biology, Society for Conservation Biology, Fauna and Flora Preservation Society, American Institute Biological Sciences.

Interests

• Avocation: collecting natural history books.

Connections

Married Carole Ann Messenger, November 30, 1947. 1 child, Ashley Lynn.

Father:

Charles Franklin Bennett

Mother:

Charlotte Louise (Normand) Bennett

Spouse:

Carole Ann Messenger

child:

Ashley Lynn Bennett