Robert Hugh Benson

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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.[1]

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

References

  1. 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.