Jim Bennett (historian)

Jim Bennett FSA FRAS
Bennett on his retirement in 2012[1]
Born	(1947-04-02)2 April 1947 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died	28 October 2023(2023-10-28) (aged 76) Oxford, England
Other names	James Arthur Bennett
Occupation	Museum curator
Years active	20th–21st century
Known for	Director of history of science museums in Cambridge and Oxford
Awards	Paul Bunge Prize, German Chemical Society (2001); PhysicsEstoire Prize, European Physical Society (2018); George Sarton Medal, History of Science Society (2020); Agnes Mary Clerke Medal, Royal Astronomical Society (2023)[2]
Academic background
Education	Grosvenor High School (Belfast)
Alma mater	Clare College, University of Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline	Historian of science
Sub-discipline	History of scientific instruments and astronomy
Institutions	Whipple Museum of the History of Science (Cambridge) Museum of the History of Science, (Oxford)
Main interests	16–18th century scientific instruments and astronomy
Notable works	London's Leonardo: The Life and Work of Robert Hooke (2003); The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science (2003)

James Arthur Bennett, FSA, FRAS (2 April 1947 – 28 October 2023^[3]) was a British museum curator and historian of science.^[4][2] Bennett's interests lay in the history of practical mathematics from the 16th century to the 18th century, scientific instruments and astronomy.^[5]