Robert Hugh Benson

Robert Hugh Benson
Photo of Benson by G. Jerrard, 1912
Short Name: Robert Hugh Benson
Full Name: Benson, Robert Hugh, 1871-1914
Birth Year: 1871
Death Year: 1914

Wikipedia Biography

Robert Hugh Benson AFSC KC*SG KGCHS (18 November 1871 – 19 October 1914) was an English Catholic priest and writer. First an Anglican priest, he was received into the Catholic Church in 1903 and ordained therein the next year. He was also a prolific writer of fiction, writing the notable dystopian novel Lord of the World, as well as Come Rack! Come Rope!.

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