Norman Robert Bennett

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Dr. Norman Robert Bennett, born in Marlboro, MA, is Professor Emeritus of History at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Bennett received an A.B. from Tufts University, Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1954, and an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, in 1956. He then earned his Ph.D. at Boston University in 1961. Professor Bennett joined the faculty of Boston University in 1960, becoming professor in 1970. He is the author of *Studies in East African History* (1963), *Mirambo of Tanzania* (1971), *Africa and Europe from Roman Times to the Present* (1975, Second edition, 1984), *A History of the Arab State of Zanzibar* (1978), and *Arab Versus European in Nineteenth Century East Central Africa: A Study in Diplomacy and War* (1986). Source: [Boston University](https://www.bu.edu/history/profile/norman-r-bennett/)

Born 1932-10-31

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• Open LibraryOL1101016A

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