Background
Kent, John Harvey was born on May 7, 1909 in Truro, Nova Scoti. Son of Harry Arnold and Edith (Fraser) Kent.
Kent, John Harvey was born on May 7, 1909 in Truro, Nova Scoti. Son of Harry Arnold and Edith (Fraser) Kent.
Student Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, 1925-1926. Bachelor of Arts, Queen’s U., Canada, 1930, Master of Arts, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago 1943.
Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, summers 1946-1948.
Virginia. Came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1944. Lecturer classics Dalhousie U., 1930-1932, assistant professor, 1935-1936. Classics master McCallie School, Chattanooga, 1940-1945.
Associate professor Latin, Southwestern College, 1945-1948, professor, 1948-1950. Roberts professor classics U. Vermont, since 1950, dean Graduate College, 1953-1960.
Served as private C.A., Army of the United States, 1944. Ryerson fellow archaeology University of Chicago, 1938-1940. Member N.E. Conference Graduate Education, 1952-1961, president, 1959-1960.
Member American Philological Association, American History Association, Archeological Institute American, American Numismatic Society, Mediaeval Academy American, classical associations New England (president 1964-1965), Canada, Britain, France, Italy, Greece, British Schools Archaeol. at Athens and Ancyra, Phi Beta Kappa (Vermont president 1962-1964).
Married Virginia Lee Bowen, December 19, 1940.