Black and white portrait of a man wearing a clerical collar and a biretta hat, looking slightly to the side with a serious expression.

Robert Hugh Benson

Fr. Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914) was a prominent Anglican cleric who gained fame in England for his conversion to Catholicism. Today, he is largely known for his prolific career as a fiction writer, and his dystopian classic Lord of the World is considered one of the first in its genre.

Written by Robert Hugh Benson