Jonathan Benthall
- Year of birth, place
- 1941, Kolkata, India
- Biography
- Jonathan Benthall studied English language and literature at the University of Cambridge (M.A. 1968). 1964/1965 employed by International Tutor Machines and IBM United Kingdom Ltd. 1965–1968 employed as a systems engineer and 1968–1970 as an investment analyst by Henderson Administration Ltd. 1971–1973 lectures program organizer, then secretary at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. 1974–2000 director of the Royal Anthropological Institute, London. 1985–2000 founder and editor of the journal »Anthropology Today«. Since 1994 honorary research fellow in the department of anthropology, University College London. 1997–2003 chair of the International NGO Training and Research Centre (INRAC), Oxford. He lives in London, UK.
Lit.: J. B., "Artists & Technicians,” in: »Times Literary Supplement«, 3479, October 31, 1966, p. 1229. J. B., »Science and Technology in Art Today«, London, 1972.
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