Frank Bennett (scholar) explained
Frank Selwyn Macaulay Bennett (28 October 1866 – 14 November 1947) was an Anglican cleric and scholar. He was a reforming dean of Chester[1] in the first half of the 20th century.[2] [3]
He was born in Torquay, Devon, the son of Henry Edward Bennett of Sparkford Hall, Somerset, and the Canadian-born Louisa Birchall Macaulay, daughter of Sir James Buchanan Macaulay, Chief Justice of Toronto.[4] [5] He was educated at Sherborne and Keble College, Oxford.[6] He was private chaplain to Bishop Jayne of Chester and then held incumbencies at Portwood and Hawarden[7] before his elevation to the deanery.[8] He was eulogised as the man who made Chester Cathedral "the home of the Diocese".[9]
Bibliography
- Book: Bennett, F. S. M. . The public-house under popular control . 1895 . 1436091247.
- Book: Bennett . F. S. M. . 3 . Frere . Walter Howard . The Nature of a cathedral . Phillipson and Golder . Chester . 1925 . 458418160.
- Book: Bennett, F. S. M. . 3 . The nature of a cathedral . Phillipson and Golder . Chester . 1925 . 5015177.
- Book: Bennett, F. S. M. . 3 . A soul in the making: or, psycho-synthesis . Phillipson and Golder; Simpkin, Marshall & Co. . Chester [England], London . 1926 . 4539374.
- Book: Bennett, F. S. M. . 3 . Expecto : an essay towards a biology of the world to come . Phillipson and Golder . Chester [Cheshire, England] . 1926 . 13847853.
- Book: Bennett, F. S. M. . 3 . M. Coué and his gospel of health . Phillipson and Golder . Chester [England] . 1926 . 11807102.
- Book: Bennett, F. S. M. . 3 . Mary Jane and Harry John : or, Home the premier school . Mowbray . London . 1927 . 1274781209.
- Book: Bennett, F. S. M. . 3 . The resurrection of the organism . Phillipson & Golder . Chester . 1930 . 222313728.
- Book: Bennett, F. S. M. . 3 . The Christian ideal of health . 1930 . 315947652.
- Book: Bennett, F. S. M. . 3 . A little handbook for pilgrims to Chester Cathedral . Phillipson and Golder . Chester . 1930 . 78684284.
- Book: Bennett, F. S. M. . 3 . Chester Cathedral . Phillipson & Golder . Chester . 1937 . 774441232 .
- Book: Bennett, F. S. M. . 3 . This Moment of Opportunity for Religious Education, etc . London . S.P.C.K. . 1938 . 556709067.
- Book: Bennett, F. S. M. . 3 . Laodicea in the twentieth century or the Church of England in the England of today . Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge . London . 1946 . 31335648.
- Book: Bennett, F. S. M. . 3 . The resurrection of the dead . Chapman & Hall . London . 1969 . 854197025.
Notes and References
- Foreign News: More Good Than Harm? . . 16 May 1927 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101125025027/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,736682,00.html . 25 November 2010.
- Book: Bruce, Alex . The Cathedral 'open and Free' . Liverpool University Press . Liverpool . 2000-01-01 . 0-85323-924-X.
- Amongst others he wrote "Coué and his Gospel of Health", 1923; "A Soul in the Making", 1924; "The Nature of a Cathedral", 1925; "Expecto", 1926; "Mary Jane and Harry John", 1927; "On Cathedrals in the Meantime", 1928; and "The Resurrection of the Dead", 1929. British Library web site accessed 8 September 2010.
- Book: Mee . Arthur . Who's Who in Wales . 1921 . Western Mail Limited . 20 . 12 September 2024 . en.
- Book: Burke . Bernard . A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland . 1906 . 978-5-88372-227-0 . 111 . Рипол Классик . 12 September 2024 . en.
- Who Was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991
- Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947/48 Oxford, OUP, 1947
- The Times, 20 March 1937; pg. 9; Issue 47638; col G "Ecclesiastical News New Dean Of Chester".
- "Dean F. S. M. Bennett – Cathedral Ideals". The Times. 15 November 1947; pg. 6; Issue 50919; col G.
