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 in the United Kingdom University of California, Los Angeles alumni Tulane University alumni Alumni of the University of Oxford {{US-English-academic-bio-stub