Background
Bennett, Norman Robert was born on October 31, 1932 in Marlboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Norman and Viola Lilly (Belmore) Bennett.
Bennett, Norman Robert was born on October 31, 1932 in Marlboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Norman and Viola Lilly (Belmore) Bennett.
AB magna cum laude, Tufts University, 1954. Master of Arts, Fletcher School Law, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1961.
Instructor in history, Boston University, 1960-1963;
assistant professor, Boston University, 1963-1967;
associate professor, Boston University, 1967-1970;
professor, Boston University, since 1970. Lecturer Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 1957. Visiting lecturer Kivukoni College, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1962-1963, University College, Dar es Salaam, 1962-1963.
Visiting assistant professor summer institute on African history Yale University, 1965. Visiting scholar University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique, 1977.
( During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuri...)
(Mirambo Of Tanzania: 1840-1884, by Bennett, Norman Robert)
(Book by Bennett, Norman Robert)
(Book by Bennett, Norman R.)
Member American Historial Association, African Studies Association (chair archives committee 1962, vice president 1979-1980, president 1980-1981), Society Spanish and Portuguese History Studies, International Conference Group Portugal.
Married Ruth Roberts, December 31, 1954 (divorced 1974). Married Jeanne Penvenne, January 29, 1976. Children: John Norman, Louis Penvenne.