Edward Trusted Bennett


Edward Trusted Bennett, best known as Edward T. Bennett, was a British botanist and psychical researcher.

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. 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.
He was a member of the British National Association of Spiritualists and the first secretary of the Society for Psychical Research. From 1882 to 1902 he worked as an assistant secretary for the Society.
He died in Port Isaac, Cornwall.

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