Benjamin Colbert (born 1961) is a British-based American academic who is Reader in English at the University of Wolverhampton and an expert on historical travel writing. Educated at

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, he is the author of ''Shelley's Eye: Travel Writing and Aesthetic Vision'' (2003) and the editor of volume 3 of ''British Satire 1785–1840''. He is the editor of the Database of British Travel Writing, 1780–1840.

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Academics of the University of Wolverhampton 1961 births Living people American expatriate academics University of California, Los Angeles alumni Tulane University alumni Alumni of the University of Oxford {{US-English-academic-bio-stub