Michael Bentley (historian)

Michael Bentley
FRHistS
Michael Bentley FRHistS
Born	Michael John Bentley; 12 August 1948; Rotherham, England
Spouses	Jane Fisher (m. 1970; div. 1994); Sarah Foot (m. 2002);
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Sheffield; St John's College, Cambridge;
Influences	Maurice Cowling
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Late-modern British political history
School or tradition	Peterhouse school
Institutions	University of Sheffield; University of St Andrews; St Hugh's College, Oxford;

Michael John Bentley FRHistS (born 12 August 1948) is an English historian of British politics in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is Emeritus Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews and is currently Senior Research Fellow in History at St Hugh's College, Oxford. He is the biographer of the historian Herbert Butterfield, a former Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.

Michael Bentley FRHistS
Born	Michael John Bentley (1948-08-12) 12 August 1948 Rotherham, England
Spouses	Jane Fisher (m. 1970; div. 1994) Sarah Foot (m. 2002)

Academic background
Alma mater	University of Sheffield St John's College, Cambridge
Influences	Maurice Cowling
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Late-modern British political history
School or tradition	Peterhouse school
Institutions	University of Sheffield University of St Andrews St Hugh's College, Oxford