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
edit- Bennett, F. S. M. (1895). The public-house under popular control. OCLC 1436091247.
- ———; Frere, Walter Howard (1925). The Nature of a cathedral. Chester: Phillipson and Golder. OCLC 458418160.
- ——— (1925). The nature of a cathedral. Chester: Phillipson and Golder. OCLC 5015177.
- ——— (1926). A soul in the making: or, psycho-synthesis. Chester [England], London: Phillipson and Golder; Simpkin, Marshall & Co. OCLC 4539374.
- ——— (1926). Expecto : an essay towards a biology of the world to come. Chester [Cheshire, England]: Phillipson and Golder. OCLC 13847853.
- ——— (1926). M. Coué and his gospel of health. Chester [England]: Phillipson and Golder. OCLC 11807102.
- ——— (1927). Mary Jane and Harry John : or, Home the premier school. London: Mowbray. OCLC 1274781209.
- ——— (1930). The resurrection of the organism. Chester: Phillipson & Golder. OCLC 222313728.
- ——— (1930). The Christian ideal of health. OCLC 315947652.
- ——— (1930). A little handbook for pilgrims to Chester Cathedral. Chester: Phillipson and Golder. OCLC 78684284.
- ——— (1937). Chester Cathedral. Chester: Phillipson & Golder. OCLC 774441232.
- ——— (1938). This Moment of Opportunity for Religious Education, etc. S.P.C.K.: London. OCLC 556709067.
- ——— (1946). Laodicea in the twentieth century or the Church of England in the England of today. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. OCLC 31335648.
- ——— (1969). The resurrection of the dead. London: Chapman & Hall. OCLC 854197025.
References
edit- ^ "Foreign News: More Good Than Harm?". Time. 16 May 1927. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010.
- ^ * Bruce, Alex (1 January 2000). The Cathedral 'open and Free'. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 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.
- ^ Mee, Arthur (1921). Who's Who in Wales. Western Mail Limited. p. 20. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1906). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Рипол Классик. p. 111. ISBN 978-5-88372-227-0. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ Who Was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ 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.