Arthur Christopher Benson

Arthur Christopher Benson (1862–1925) was an English essayist, poet and scholar, the son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, and brother of the novelists E. F. Benson and Robert Hugh Benson. He taught at Eton for nearly twenty years, then moved to Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he became Master in 1915. He wrote the words of "Land of Hope and Glory," co-edited Queen Victoria's letters, and published many volumes of reflective essays, such as From a College Window, as well as stories, poems and biographies. His enormous diary is a rich record of his period.