John Stenning, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Stenning

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1868

Place of Birth: Beckenham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Nov-1959

Profession: semitologist, biblical scholar

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

John Frederick Stenning, (14 February 1868 – 18 November 1959) was an English Biblical and Semitic scholar, academic administrator, and British Army officer.
Elected a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford in 1898, he was Reader in Aramaic at the University of Oxford from 1909 to 1927 and Warden of Wadham College from 1927 to 1939.
Outside of academia, he was a lieutenant colonel in the British Army, and served as commanding officer of Oxford's Officers' Training Corps and also of an Officer Cadet Battalion during the First World War.