Jerry H. Bentley

Jerry Harrell Bentley (December 12, 1949 – July 15, 2012)[1] was an American academic and professor of world history.

Following this he began working as an assistant professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1976.

In 1990 he was the founding editor of the Journal of World History, with Elton Daniel and Daniel Kwok as editorial board members, and Herbert F. Ziegler as the book review editor.

Bentley and Ziegler were also co-authors of the college-level world history textbook Traditions and Encounters, which as of 2016, is in its 6th edition.

[2] In 2002, Bentley became the Director at the Center for World History at the University of Hawaii.