Tim Benton (born 21 June 1945, Rome[1]) is Professor Emeritus in the History of Art at the Open University in the UK[2] as well as a writer and broadcaster.
He has also taught at Columbia University, Williams College, and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
[4][5] A large collection of photographs by Tim Benton is held in the Courtauld Institute of Art's Conway Library archive,[6][7] which is currently undergoing a digitisation project.
[8] Tim Benton was educated at the University of Cambridge and the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.
[9] Benton is a member of the Association for the preservation of "E-1027" designed by Eileen Gray with murals added by Le Corbusier.