Robert Benson

Robert Hugh Benson was an English Catholic priest and prolific writer best known for his dystopian novel *Lord of the World*. Born into a prominent Anglican family, he became an Anglican priest, converted to Roman Catholicism in 1903, and was ordained a Catholic priest the following year.

Wokingham, Berkshire, England Nov 18, 1871 Wikipedia
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