Edward Trusted Bennett

Born|

London

Died| 16 November 1908(1908-11-16) (aged 77)

Port Isaac, Cornwall

Occupation| 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.

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 Publications
* 3 References
* 4 Further reading

## 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

* The Poetical Work of George Barlow: A Study (1903)
* The Society for Psychical Research: Its Rise & Progress & a Sketch of its Work (1903)
* Twenty Years of Psychical Research: 1882-1901 (1904)
* Automatic Speaking and Writing: A Study (1905)
* The Physical Phenomena Popularly Classed Under the Head of Spiritualism (1907) [With a brief introduction by Oliver Lodge]
* The Direct Phenomena of Spiritualism (1908)
* Psychic Phenomena (1909) [With a foreword by Oliver Lodge]

## 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.

## Further reading

* William F. Barrett. (1908). Obituary: Edward T. Bennett. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 26: 324–326.

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