John Makepeace Bennett AO FTSE (31 July 1921 – 9 December 2010) was an early Australian computer scientist.
[2] They had four children: Christopher John, Ann Margaret, Susan Elizabeth and Jane Mary.
In 1947 he went to Cambridge University to become Maurice Vincent Wilkes' first research assistant as part of the team working to build EDSAC.
John Bennett was appointed head of the new Basser Department of Computer Science, but it was not until 1982 that John Bennett's title was changed to be Professor of Computer Science - a title which he held until his retirement in 1987.
In 1983 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to computing science.
[6] In 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in computer science and technology.