Lord of the World

Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914) was an English Anglican priest who notably converted to Roman Catholicism and became a prolific writer of fiction and religious texts. Born on November 18, 1871, in Wellington College, Benson was one of the six children of Edward White Benson, the Archbishop of Canterbury. As an eloquent preacher and an influential figure in the Church of England, his conversion in 1...