Benjamin Z. Kedar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Benjamin Z. Kedar

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1938

Place of Birth: Nitra, Nitra Region, Slovakia

Profession: historian, military historian

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Benjamin Z.
Kedar (born 2 September 1938) is professor emeritus of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
He was president of the international Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (1995–2002), chairman of the board of the Israel Antiquities Authority (2000–12) and vice-president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (2010–15). He is 2019 The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture laureate in history.