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	A.C. and R. H. Benson). ''Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine'' (p. 63-70). May/June 1984.</ref>		A.C. and R. H. Benson). ''Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine'' (p. 63-70). May/June 1984.</ref>

	Benson was educated at [[Eton College]] and studied classics and theology at Trinity College, [[Cambridge]], from 1890 to 1893.		Benson was educated at [[Eton College]] and studied classics and theology at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], from 1890 to 1893.

	Asa young man, he found the prospect of marriage "quite inconceivable."<ref>Robert Hugh Benson, ''Confessions of a Convert'', Longmans, Green and Co., 1913.</ref>		Asa young man, he found the prospect of marriage "quite inconceivable."<ref>Robert Hugh Benson, ''Confessions of a Convert'', Longmans, Green and Co., 1913.</ref>

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	A.C. and R. H. Benson). ''Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine'' (p. 63-70). May/June 1984.</ref>		A.C. and R. H. Benson). ''Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine'' (p. 63-70). May/June 1984.</ref>

	Benson was educated at [[Eton College]] and studied classics and theology at Trinity College, [[Cambridge]], from 1890 to 1893.~~</ref>~~		Benson was educated at [[Eton College]] and studied classics and theology at Trinity College, [[Cambridge]], from 1890 to 1893.

	Asa young man, he found the prospect of marriage "quite inconceivable."<ref>Robert Hugh Benson, ''Confessions of a Convert'', Longmans, Green and Co., 1913.</ref>		Asa young man, he found the prospect of marriage "quite inconceivable."<ref>Robert Hugh Benson, ''Confessions of a Convert'', Longmans, Green and Co., 1913.</ref>

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	Asa young man, he found the prospect of marriage "quite inconceivable."<ref>Robert Hugh Benson, ''Confessions of a Convert'', Longmans, Green and Co., 1913.</ref>		Asa young man, he found the prospect of marriage "quite inconceivable."<ref>Robert Hugh Benson, ''Confessions of a Convert'', Longmans, Green and Co., 1913.</ref>

	In 1904, soon after becoming a Catholic priest, he formed a passionate friendship with [[Frederick Rolfe]]. For two years, they exchanged letters "not only weekly, but at times daily, and of an intimate character, exhaustingly charged with emotion."<ref>http://anglicanhistory.org/academic/hilliard_unenglish.pdf David Hilliard, "[[UnEnglish and UnManly]]: Anglo-Catholicism and Homosexuality" in ''Victorian Studies'', Winter 1982, p.199, quoting C. C. Martindale, ''The Life of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson'', , 2 vols. (London: Longmans,		In 1904, soon after becoming a Catholic priest, he formed a passionate friendship with [[Frederick Rolfe]]. For two years, they exchanged letters "not only weekly, but at times daily, and of an intimate character, exhaustingly charged with emotion."<ref>http://anglicanhistory.org/academic/hilliard_unenglish.pdf David Hilliard, "[[UnEnglish and UnManly]]: Anglo-Catholicism and Homosexuality" in ''Victorian Studies'', Winter 1982, p.199, quoting C C Martindale, ''The Life of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson'', 2 vols. (London: Longmans,
	Green and Co., 1916), II, 96.</ref>		Green and Co, 1916), II, page 96.</ref>

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	[[File:Benson 35.jpg\|thumb\|R H Benson aged 35]]'''Robert Hugh Benson''' (1871–October 1914) was an Anglican clergyman, who became a Roman Catholic priest. He was also a writer, whose best known work is the "prophetic" dystopian novel, ''Lord of the World''.		[[File:Benson 35.jpg\|thumb\|R H Benson aged 35]]'''Robert Hugh Benson''' (1871–October 1914) was an [[Anglican]] clergyman, who became a [[Roman Catholic]] priest. He was also a writer, whose best known work is the "prophetic" dystopian novel, ''Lord of the World''.

	Benson was the son of [[Edward White Benson]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. He was the younger brother of [[Edward Frederic Benson]] and [[A C Benson]].<ref name="ma">		Benson was the son of [[Edward White Benson]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. He was the younger brother of [[Edward Frederic Benson]] and [[A C Benson]].<ref name="ma">

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	[[File:Benson 35.jpg\|thumb\|R H Benson aged 35]]'''Robert Hugh Benson''' (1871–October 1914) was an Anglican clergyman, who became a Roman Catholic priest. He was also a writer, whose best known work is the "prophetic" dystopian novel, ''Lord of the World''.		[[File:Benson 35.jpg\|thumb\|R H Benson aged 35]]'''Robert Hugh Benson''' (1871–October 1914) was an Anglican clergyman, who became a Roman Catholic priest. He was also a writer, whose best known work is the "prophetic" dystopian novel, ''Lord of the World''.

	Benson was the son of [[Edward White Benson]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. He was the younger brother of [[Edward Frederic Benson]] and [[A. C. Benson]].<ref name="ma">		Benson was the son of [[Edward White Benson]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. He was the younger brother of [[Edward Frederic Benson]] and [[A C Benson]].<ref name="ma">
	Mike Ashley, "The Essential Writers: Blood Brothers" (Profile of E.F. ,		Mike Ashley, "The Essential Writers: Blood Brothers" (Profile of E.F. ,
	A.C. and R. H. Benson). ''Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine'' (p. 63-70). May/June 1984.</ref>		A.C. and R. H. Benson). ''Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine'' (p. 63-70). May/June 1984.</ref>

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	Asa young man, he found the prospect of marriage "quite inconceivable."<ref>Robert Hugh Benson, ''Confessions of a Convert'', Longmans, Green and Co., 1913.</ref>		Asa young man, he found the prospect of marriage "quite inconceivable."<ref>Robert Hugh Benson, ''Confessions of a Convert'', Longmans, Green and Co., 1913.</ref>

	In 1904, soon after becoming a Catholic priest, he formed a passionate friendship with [[~~F W~~ Rolfe]]. For two years, they exchanged letters "not only weekly, but at times daily, and of an intimate character, exhaustingly charged with emotion."<ref>http://anglicanhistory.org/academic/hilliard_unenglish.pdf David Hilliard, "[[UnEnglish and UnManly]]: Anglo-Catholicism and Homosexuality" in ''Victorian Studies'', Winter 1982, p.199, quoting C. C. Martindale, ''The Life of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson'', , 2 vols. (London: Longmans,		In 1904, soon after becoming a Catholic priest, he formed a passionate friendship with [[Frederick Rolfe]]. For two years, they exchanged letters "not only weekly, but at times daily, and of an intimate character, exhaustingly charged with emotion."<ref>http://anglicanhistory.org/academic/hilliard_unenglish.pdf David Hilliard, "[[UnEnglish and UnManly]]: Anglo-Catholicism and Homosexuality" in ''Victorian Studies'', Winter 1982, p.199, quoting C. C. Martindale, ''The Life of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson'', , 2 vols. (London: Longmans,
	Green and Co., 1916), II, 96.</ref>		Green and Co., 1916), II, 96.</ref>

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	[[File:Benson 35.jpg\|thumb\|R H Benson aged 35]]'''Robert Hugh Benson''' (1871–October 1914) was an Anglican clergyman, who became a Roman Catholic priest. He was also the ~~author of a~~ "prophetic" dystopian novel, ''Lord of the World''.		[[File:Benson 35.jpg\|thumb\|R H Benson aged 35]]'''Robert Hugh Benson''' (1871–October 1914) was an Anglican clergyman, who became a Roman Catholic priest. He was also a writer, whose best known work is the "prophetic" dystopian novel, ''Lord of the World''.

	Benson was the son of [[Edward White Benson]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. He was the younger brother of [[Edward Frederic Benson]] and [[A. C. Benson]].<ref name="ma">		Benson was the son of [[Edward White Benson]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. He was the younger brother of [[Edward Frederic Benson]] and [[A. C. Benson]].<ref name="ma">
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	Benson was educated at [[Eton College]] and studied classics and theology at Trinity College, [[Cambridge]], from 1890 to 1893.</ref>		Benson was educated at [[Eton College]] and studied classics and theology at Trinity College, [[Cambridge]], from 1890 to 1893.</ref>

			Asa young man, he found the prospect of marriage "quite inconceivable."<ref>Robert Hugh Benson, ''Confessions of a Convert'', Longmans, Green and Co., 1913.</ref>

			In 1904, soon after becoming a Catholic priest, he formed a passionate friendship with [[F W Rolfe]]. For two years, they exchanged letters "not only weekly, but at times daily, and of an intimate character, exhaustingly charged with emotion."<ref>http://anglicanhistory.org/academic/hilliard_unenglish.pdf David Hilliard, "[[UnEnglish and UnManly]]: Anglo-Catholicism and Homosexuality" in ''Victorian Studies'', Winter 1982, p.199, quoting C. C. Martindale, ''The Life of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson'', , 2 vols. (London: Longmans,
			Green and Co., 1916), II, 96.</ref>

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[[File:Benson 35.jpg|thumb|R H Benson aged 35]]'''Robert Hugh Benson''' (1871–October 1914) was an Anglican clergyman, who became a Roman Catholic priest. He was also the author of a "prophetic" dystopian novel, ''Lord of the World''.

Benson was the son of [[Edward White Benson]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. He was the younger brother of [[Edward Frederic Benson]] and [[A. C. Benson]].<ref name="ma">
Mike Ashley, "The Essential Writers: Blood Brothers" (Profile of E.F. ,
A.C. and R. H. Benson). ''Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine'' (p. 63-70). May/June 1984.</ref>

Benson was educated at [[Eton College]] and studied classics and theology at Trinity College, [[Cambridge]], from 1890 to 1893.</ref>

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