Harry Jindrich Benda (October 28, 1919 – October 26, 1971) was a Czechoslovakian-born American full professor at Yale University.
[1] Born to a Jewish family in Liberec, Czechoslovakia, he was sent to Java by his father to escape Nazism.
[2][3][4] He was the first director of the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore.
[6] Benda emigrated to the United States, becoming a naturalised citizen in 1960.
[7] He died in New Haven, Connecticut on October 26, 1971, at the age of 51.