Given the question: Facts: - education: cornell ph.d. 1975 -rrb- university -lrb- b.a. 1970 -rrb- princeton university -lrb- - birth date: 20 august 1949 - name: philip benedict - image size: 200px - image: benedict.jpeg - birth place: washington , d.c - occupation: professor , historian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of philip benedict .
The answer is:
philip benedict is an american historian of reformation europe , currently holding the title of professor emeritus -lrb- profeseur honoraire -rrb- at the university of geneva 's institute for reformation history -lrb- l'institut d'histoire de la reformation -rrb- .