Adolph Benson's research focused primarily on the study of Swedish-American culture.
He graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut (Bachelor's degree.
He taught at Columbia University, 1909-1911, at Dartmouth College 1911-1914 and at Sheffield Scientific School 1914-1920.
In 1920, he became extraordinary professor of German and Scandinavian languages and literature at Yale University.
[5] The papers of Adolph Burnett Benson are available from Manuscripts and Archives at the Yale University Sterling Memorial Library in New Haven, Connecticut.