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Edward FitzGerald
Prefatory Note
Early Years
Middle Life
Later Years
Friends
Writings: Omar Khayyam
Plays: Euphranor, Letters
Criticism
Habits, Character
Index
Early Years
Middle Life
Later Years
Friends
Writings: Omar Khayyam
Plays: Euphranor, Letters
Criticism
Habits, Character
Index
216 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1905
About the author
A.C. Benson
479 books20 followersArthur Christopher Benson was an English essayist, poet, author and academic and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Benson was born on 24 April 1862 at Wellington College, Berkshire. He was one of six children of Edward White Benson (1829-1896; Archbishop of Canterbury 1882–96; the first headmaster of the college) and his wife Mary Sidgwick Benson, sister of the philosopher Henry Sidgwick.
Benson was born into a literary family; his brothers included E.F. Benson, best remembered for his Mapp and Lucia novels, and Robert Hugh Benson, a priest of the Church of England before converting to Roman Catholicism, who wrote many popular novels. Their sister, Margaret Benson, was an artist, author, and amateur Egyptologist.
Benson was born on 24 April 1862 at Wellington College, Berkshire. He was one of six children of Edward White Benson (1829-1896; Archbishop of Canterbury 1882–96; the first headmaster of the college) and his wife Mary Sidgwick Benson, sister of the philosopher Henry Sidgwick.
Benson was born into a literary family; his brothers included E.F. Benson, best remembered for his Mapp and Lucia novels, and Robert Hugh Benson, a priest of the Church of England before converting to Roman Catholicism, who wrote many popular novels. Their sister, Margaret Benson, was an artist, author, and amateur Egyptologist.
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