Christopher-Bennett-Obituary

Christopher John Bennett

San Diego, California

1953 - 2014

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DIED
January 10, 2014
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San Diego, California

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Christopher Bennett passed away on January 10, 2014 in San Diego, California. The obituary was featured in San Diego Union-Tribune on January 18, 2014.

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Anne and the Bennett family
I am very sad for your great loss. I have just learned of it. Anne- please contact me via e-mail. My deepest condolences,
Ratna

Anne and the Bennett family
I am very sad for your great loss. I have just learned of it. Anne- please contact me via e-mail. My deepest condolences,
Ratna

Anne
I am very sad for your loss. I have just learned of it. Please contact me via e-mail. My deepest condolences

Anne
I am very sad for your loss. I have just learned of it. Please contact me via e-mail. My deepest condolences

Anne
I am very sorry to learn of your great loss. I do remember meeting Chris very early on in your relationship on your visit to London in the early 1990’s. A lovely man. I have just discovered this web- page and am my heart goes out to you. Please contact me. I think you have my e-mail address otherwise please contact me on Facebook. Your old Aber friend, Ratna

I literally found out Chris died this very moment, while trying to find a contact address to congratulate him on his series of brilliant papers on the subject intercalation in the Roman calendars. He was a truly outstanding and inspiring scholar and the world is so much poorer for his loss.

I realise this is very late in the piece, but I only just discovered that Chris died four years ago. I am very sorry to hear this. I hope his passing was peaceful. We corresponded for some years on the issues of Greek and Roman calendars he mentions me in the Acknowledgements of his fine book, 'Alexandria and the Moon' and I valued his judgements.
Robert Hannah, Mosgiel, New Zealand.

I knew almost nothing about this amazing scholar, except the information that could be gleaned from the home page of his remarkable site about the genealogy of the Ptolemy dynasty, and his papers uploaded at academia.edu. One of his striking comments was instrumental in my plotting of Raiders of the Nile, as can be read in the Author's Note at the end of that novel. Hail and farewell, Chris Bennett! His site: http://www.tyndalehouse.com/egypt/index.htm

Chris was such a smart person, a true gentleman, and Anne's perfect soulmate. I remember how excited Anne was the first time she went out with him and discovered he was an Egyptologist because her father had been one too, so it seemed like a sign that they were meant to be. I also remember how long it took Chris to make the first move with Anne. I believe it was a few months. Of course, once he did, they never looked back.

I am very sorry for your loss, Anne.

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