Robert Hugh Benson

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Robert Hugh Benson (born November 18, 1871 in Wellington College in Crowthorne , Berkshire , † October 19, 1914 in Salford ) was an English priest and writer.

family

Robert Hugh Benson was the fourth and youngest son of Edward White Benson , Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral and later Archbishop of Canterbury , and his wife Mary. His older brothers were the writers Arthur Christopher Benson (1862–1925) and Edward Frederic Benson (1867–1940). One of the family's uncle was the philosopher Henry Sidgwick .

Life

Benson was educated at Eton College and then studied theology and classical philology at Trinity College , Cambridge . He was ordained a deacon in 1894 and began preaching in the Eton Mission, East End London, in 1895. In the same year he was ordained a priest of the Church of England by his father .

After his father's death in 1896, he went to Egypt at the request of the family . After his return he became vicar in Kemsing and the community aroused his interest in the theater. In 1898 he entered the House of the Community of Resurrection in Mirfield , an Anglican contemplative order that lived on the Benedictine Rule , but without the need to take solemn vows . He stayed there until 1903.

His emerging spiritual doubts about the authority of the Anglican Church, he presented in his autobiographical essay Confessions of a Convert (1913). This through the papal encyclical Leo XIII. Apostolicae curae increased doubts led to a turn to the Catholic faith. He stepped on September 11, 1903 in the Roman Catholic Church and was after successful studies at the seminary on 12 June 1904 in the Basilica of San Silvestro in Capite in Rome for priests ordained . In the same year Benson returned to Cambridge.

In 1904, shortly after his ordination as a Roman Catholic priest, Benson made a passionate friendship with the artist Frederick Rolfe, who was also converted.

In 1907, Benson moved to a house on Hare Street, where he carried out extensive preaching, popular missions, and spiritual leadership. A large part of his extensive literary work, which includes novels of historical and contemporary content, plays and apologetic works , also falls during this time . In 1907 he wrote his most famous work, the ending novel Lord of the World ( The Lord of the World ), which underwent many editions and translations and as an important precursor of the great dystopian applies novels of the 20th century.

Pius X appointed him in 1911 (“surplus”) secret chamberlain (today papal honorary chaplain ).

In 1914 the first signs of heart disease appeared and while serving a mission in Salford , he died of a heart attack from pneumonia in the bishop's house early that morning on October 19, 1914 .

bibliography

Robert Hugh Benson. The Lord of the World (OT: Lord Of The World ). German EA Pustet Vlg. 1911
Novels
  • By what authority? (1904)
    • German: With what right? : Historical novel from the time of Queen Elisabeth. Translated by R. Ettlinger. Benziger, Einsiedeln, Waldshut and Cologne 1912, DNB 579171663 .
  • The King's Achievement (1905)
  • The Sentimentalists (1906)
    • German: Sentimentalists. Translated by R. Ettlinger. Benziger, Einsiedeln 1925, DNB 572761465 .
  • The Lord of the World (1907)
    • German: The Lord of the World. Translated by Rudolf Vey. Pustet, 1911. Also as: The Lord of the World. Translated by HM from Lama. Pustet, Regensburg and Rome 1914, DNB 57917171X . Also called: The Lord of the World: The Armageddon Protocol. Edition Auvidarte, Marquartstein 2012, ISBN 978-3-941291-19-5 . Also as: The Lord of the World. Translated by Rudolf Vey. Media Maria (General Series # 449), Illertissen 2015, ISBN 978-3-9816344-9-5 .
  • The Queen's Tragedy (1907)
  • The Necromancers (1909)
    • German: The necromancers. Translated by R. Ettlinger. Benziger, Einsiedeln 1930, DNB 572761457 .
  • The Conventionalists (1910)
    • German: conventional people. Translated by R. and Anna Ettlinger. Benziger, Einsiedeln 1926, DNB 572761422 .
  • None other Gods (1910)
  • A Winnowing (1910)
  • The Dawn of All (1911)
    • German: In the twilight of the future: A novel in dream images. Translated by R. and Anna Ettlinger. With original illustrations by F. Schwormstädt. Benziger, Einsiedeln, Waldshut and Cöln 1912, DNB 579171698 .
  • Come Rack, Come Rope! (1912)
    • German: Despite torture and rope! : A novel from the time of the queens Elizabeth and Maria Stuart. Translated by Anna and R. Ettlinger. Benziger, Einsiedeln 1926, DNB 573281998 .
  • The Coward (1912)
    • German: Der Feigling. Translated by R. u. Anna Ettlinger. Benziger, Einsiedeln 1926, DNB 572761430 .
  • The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary (1912)
  • An Average Man (1913)
    • German: An average person. Translated by HM from Lama. Pustet, Regensburg, Rome, New York and Cincinnati 1915, DNB 579171655 .
  • Initiation (1914)
  • Oddsfish! (1914)
  • Loneliness? (1915)
Children's books
  • Alphabet of Saints (1905, with Reginald Balfour and Charles Ritchie)
  • A Child's Rule of Life (1912, illustrated by Gabriel Pippet)
  • Old Testament Rhymes (1913, illustrated by Gabriel Pippet)
Religious works
  • The Religion of the Plain Man (1906)
  • Papers of a Pariah (1907)
  • Non-Catholic Denominations (1910)
  • Christ in the Church: A Volume of Religious Essays. (1911)
    • English: Christ in the Church: Religious Essays. Translated by J. Schoetensack. Pustet, Regensburg and Rome 1913, DNB 579171671 . Also as: Christ in the Church. Translated by J. Schoetensack, revised by Fritz Winkler. Kösel-Pustet, Munich 1938, DNB 572230486 .
  • Friendship of Christ (1912)
    • German: Friendship with Christ. Translated by J. Schoetensack. Pustet, Regensburg, Rome, New York and Cincinnati 1914, DNB 579171701 .
  • Confessions of a Convert (1913)
    • German: Confessions of a Convert. Translated by HM v. Lama. Petrus-Verlag, Trier 1914, DNB 57917168X .
  • Paradoxes of Catholicism (1913)
  • Lourdes (1914)
  • Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to One of his Converts (1915)
  • A Book of Essays (1916)
  • Sermon Notes, First Series: Anglican, Second Series: Catholic (1917)
Plays
  • A Mystery Play in Honor of the Nativity of Our Lord (1908)
  • Cost of a Crown: A Story of Douay & Durham: A Sacred Drama in Three Acts (1910)
  • The Upper Room: A Drama of Christ's Passion (1914)
    • English: The Upper Room: A Passion Play. Translated by Annunziata Tollinger. [Ursulinenkloster], Innsbruck 1961, DNB 972701044 .
  • The Maid of Orleans: A Drama of the Life of Joan of Arc (1914)
Collections
  • The Light Invisible (1903)
  • A Mirror of Shalott: Composed of Tales Told at a Symposium (1907; also: A Mirror of Shalott , 2010; also: A Mirror of Shalott: Being a Collection of Tales Told at an Unprofessional Symposium )
    • German: Gespenstergeschichten. Translated by Friederike von Moreau. Verlag J. Kösel & F. Pustet, Munich 1929, DNB 572761449 .
  • The Temple of Death: The Ghost Stories of AC & RH Benson (2007; with AC Benson)
  • The Supernatural Stories of Monsignor Robert H. Benson (2010)
  • The Collected Supernatural & Weird Fiction of RH Benson (2019)
Short stories

1903:

  • The Blood-Eagle (1903, in: The Light Invisible )
  • The Bridge Over the Stream (1903, in: The Light Invisible )
  • "Consolatrix Afflictorum" (1903, in: The Light Invisible )
  • The Expected Guest (1903, in: The Light Invisible )
  • The Green Robe (1903, in: The Light Invisible )
  • In the Convent Chapel (1903, in: The Light Invisible )
  • In the Morning (1903, in: The Light Invisible )
  • Over the Gateway (1903, in: The Light Invisible )
  • Poena Damni (1903, in: The Light Invisible )
  • The Sorrows of the World (1903, in: The Light Invisible )
  • The Traveler (1903, in: The Light Invisible )
    • German: The rider. In: Hugh Lamb (Ed.): 16 horror stories. Heyne Anthology # 41, 1974, ISBN 3-453-45014-0 .
  • Under Which King (1903, in: The Light Invisible ; also: Under Which King?, 2006)
  • Unto Babes (1903, in: The Light Invisible )
  • The Watcher (1903, in: The Light Invisible )
  • With Dyed Garments (1903, in: The Light Invisible )

1907:

  • Father Bianchi's Story (1907, in: A Mirror of Shalott )
  • Father Brent's Tale (1907, in: A Mirror of Shalott )
  • Father Girdlestone's Tale (1907, in: A Mirror of Shalott )
    • English: Father Girdlestone's story in: A Mirror by Shalott; that is: a collection of stories told at an unprofessional symposium. Translated and with an afterword by Heiko Postma. JMB Verlag (Cabinet of Fantastics # 73), Hanover 2017, ISBN 978-3-944342-91-7 .
  • Father Jenk's Tale (1907, in: A Mirror of Shalott )
  • Father Macclesfield's Tale (1907, in: A Mirror of Shalott )
  • Father Maddox's Tale (1907, in: A Mirror of Shalott )
  • Father Martin's Tale (1907, in: A Mirror of Shalott )
  • Father Meuron's Tale (1907, in: A Mirror of Shalott )
    • English: worms in living flesh. In: Michel Parry (Ed.): Horror creeps silently. Pabel (Vampir Taschenbuch # 22), 1975. Also called: worms in living flesh. In: Michel Parry (Ed.): Horror creeps silently. Pabel Vampire TB # 22, 1975.
  • The Father Rector's Story (1907, in: A Mirror of Shalott )
  • Father Stein's Tale (1907, in: A Mirror of Shalott )
  • Monsignor Maxwell's Tale (1907, in: A Mirror of Shalott )
  • Mr. Percival's Tale (1907, in: A Mirror of Shalott )
  • Mr. Bosanquet's Tale (1907, in: A Mirror of Shalott )
  • My Own Tale (1907, in: A Mirror of Shalott )

1996:

  • Haunted Houses (1996, in: Hugh Lamb (Ed.): Ghosts in the House )

literature

Biographies and Monographs
  • Arthur Christopher Benson : Hugh: Memoirs of a Brother. Murray, London 1920.
  • Blanche Warre Cornish: Memorials of Robert Hugh Benson. Burns and Oates, 1915.
  • Janet Grayson: Robert Hugh Benson: Life and Works. University Press of America, 1998.
  • Heinrich Kautz : The end of the social question in the show by Franz Herwig and Robert Hugh Benson. Benziger, Einsiedeln 1932.
  • Cyril Charlie Martindale: The Life of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson. 2 vols. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1916.
  • M. St. Rita Monaghan, Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson: His Apostolate and its Message for our Time. Boolarong Publications, 1985, ISBN 0-9590059-0-0 .
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personal data
SURNAME Benson, Robert Hugh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Benson, Robert H. (alternative spelling); Benson, Robert (alternative spelling); Benson, Rev. Robert Hugh (alternative spelling); Benson, Hugh (alternative spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English priest and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Wellington College , Crowthorne , Berkshire
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1914
Place of death Salford