哈里·克拉克·本特利生于1877年,死于1967年,他是19世纪末20世纪早中期著名的会计学者。他最为突出的贡献,是在会计教育从专科水平发展到本科水平的历史过程中发挥过“驱动器”的作用。本特利早年在享有“柯达”盛誉的乔治·伊斯曼(George Eastman)之父创办的商业学校读书,毕业后当了一名教师,先后在几所商业学校执教。后来,他在康涅狄格州的温斯特德创办了一所商业学校。三年后,他离开温斯特德到纽约开创事业。在纽约,他白天挂牌营 Harry Clarke Bentley Born in 1877 and died in 1967, he is a famous accountant in the early and mid-20th century in the late 19th century. His most outstanding contribution is to play a “driver” role in the historical development of accounting education from the specialist level to the undergraduate level. In his early years, Bentley began his studies at the commercial school founded by the father of George Eastman, a Kodak fame. After graduation, he became a teacher and worked in several commercial schools. Later, he started a business school in Winstead, Connecticut. Three years later, he left Winston to New York to start his career. In New York, he holds camps during the day