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Benson (ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER an English)

ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER, an English essayist and educator, born in 1862, the brother of E. F. and R. H.

Benson, and the son of Edward White Benson, former Archbishop of Canterbury. He was educated at King's College, Cambridge, and from 1885 to 1903 was a master at Eton College and became well known as a writer of essays. The best known of these are "The Upton Letters" (1905); "From a College Window" (1906); and "The Silent Isle" (1919).

He also wrote poetry of considerable merit and several novels. In addition to these he prepared a biography of his actor and manager, born in Bennett's father, Archbishop Benson, in 1889, and Mill, Ind., in 1872. He was educated in the public schools and at the Logansport Normal School. After several years spent on the stage as an actor, he produced and appeared in Brieux's play, "Damaged Goods." He also produced several other plays of Brieux and other French playwrights in the United States.

He was from 1896 to 1908 associated with Charles Frohman in the production of plays. He was chairman of the executive board of the National Society of Sociology.