Bruce Harry Bennett AO FAHA (23 March 1941, Perth – 14 April 2012)[1] was an Australian specialist in Australian literary studies.
A Rhodes Scholar, his professional career was spent largely at the University of Western Australia where he was also director of the Centre for Studies in Australian Literature.
[2] Bennett's biography of Peter Porter won the Western Australian Premier's Book Award for non-fiction.
[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1995[2] and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1993 for "service to education and to Australian literature".
[3] He was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2001.