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<h2>Edward White Benson</h2>
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<h2>1829-1896</h2>
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<td><em>Born:</em> July 14, 1829, Birmingham, England.
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<p><em>Died:</em> October 11, 1896, Hawarden, England.</td>
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<p>Benson was educated at King Edward’s School in Birmingham, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he took the position of “Sen. Opt.” and first class Classical Tripos, also winning the distinction of Senior Chancellor’s Classical Medallist. He subsequently became a fellow of Trinity College. In
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1852, he passed from Cambridge to Rugby as assistant master; in 1859 from Rugby to Wellington College, where he was headmaster for 14 years; in 1872 from Wellington College to Lincoln, as chancellor of the cathedral; in 1877 from Lincoln to Truro, as first bishop of that diocese. He left Truro in 1883 to become Archbishop of Canterbury. He also served as Prebendary of Lincoln and Chaplain to the Queen.</p>
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<p>Benson contributed to the <em>Dictionary of Christian Biography</em>; co-edited the 1856 edition of the <em>Rugby School Hymn-book</em>; edited the <em>Wellington College Chapel Hymn Book</em>, 1860, 1863 & 1873; translated various Latin and Greek hymns; and wrote:</p>
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<li><em>Work, Friendship, Worship</em> (University Sermons at Cambridge: 1871)</li>
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<li><em>Boy Life</em></li>
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<li><em>Sundays in Wellington College</em>, 1874</li>
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<li><em>Singleheart</em>, 1877</li>
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<p><em>Hymns:</em></p>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_o_j_ojcrownd.html" >O Jesus, Crowned with All Renown</a></li>
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<p><em>Translations:</p>
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<li>Angulare Fundamentum</li>
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<li>Tristes erant Apostoli</li>
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<li>Dies Irae</li>
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<li>O Luce Qui mortalibus</li>
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<li>Te lucis ante terminum</li>
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