Bill KentBill Kenti(A6419 works by)(birth name: Francis WilliamKent) Born:Established:30 Mar 1942Melbourne,Victoria,;Died:Ceased:30 Aug 2010Elsternwick,Caulfield - St Kilda area,Melbourne - Inner South,Melbourne,Victoria,
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Bill Kent joined the Department of History at Monash University in 1965. He achieved international acclaim for his work on late Medieval and Renaissance Florence and was appointed to a Personal Chair in 1989. Just before his death he completed a biography of Lorenzo de Medici.
Bill Kent made a major contribution to Monash University as a driving force behind and inaugural Director of the Monash Prato Centre.