Edward Trusted Bennett

Edward Trusted Bennett
Born(1831-07-01)1 July 1831
London
Died16 November 1908(1908-11-16) (aged 77)
Port Isaac, Cornwall
Occupation(s)Botanist, psychical researcher

Edward Trusted Bennett (1 July 1831 – 16 November 1908), best known as Edward T. Bennett, was a British botanist and psychical researcher.

Biography

Bennett was born in London. His younger brother was the botanist Alfred William Bennett. As a young man he collected plant specimens in Cornwall and the New Forest.[1][2] Bennett was the last Quaker in Britain to be disowned for holding different theological opinions. In 1873, he was disowned for supporting the heretical views of Charles Voysey.[3][4]

He was a member of the British National Association of Spiritualists and the first secretary of the Society for Psychical Research.[5] From 1882 to 1902 he worked as an assistant secretary for the Society.[6]

He died in Port Isaac, Cornwall.

Publications

References

  1. ^ Anonymous. (1909). Book-Notes, News, Etc. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 47: 39.
  2. ^ Desmond, Ray. (1994). Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists. Taylor & Francis Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 0-85066-843-3.
  3. ^ Helmstadter, Richard J. (1997). Freedom and Religion in the Nineteenth Century. Stanford University Press. p. 147.
  4. ^ Kennedy, Thomas C. (2001). British Quakerism, 1860-1920: The Transformation of a Religious Community. Oxford University Press. p. 81. ISBN 0-19-827035-6.
  5. ^ Oppenheim, Janet. (1985). The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914. Cambridge University Press. p. 425. ISBN 0-521-26505-3.
  6. ^ Crabtree. Adam. (1988). Animal Magnetism, Early Hypnotism, and Psychical Research, 1766-1925: An Annotated Bibliography. Kraus International Publications. p. 349.

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