A. C. Benson

Arthur Christopher Benson (24 April, 1862 – 17 June, 1925) was one of six children of Edward White Benson, a late nineteenth-century Archbishop of Canterbury. An uncle of the family was philosopher Henry Sidgwick. The Benson family were exceptionally literate and accomplished, but their history was somewhat tragic. A son and daughter died young, and another daughter, as well as A C himself, suffered badly from a mental condition that was probably manic-depressive psychosis, which they had inherited from their father. None of the children ever married.

External links

• Representative Poetry Online
• {{gutenberg author|id=Arthur_Christopher_Benson|name=A. C. Benson}}