Christopher Benson (journalist)
Christopher Benson may refer to: * Christopher Benson (theologian) (1788–1868), English preacher and lecturer * Christopher Benson (company director) Sir Christopher John Benson (born 20 July 1933) is a British chartered surveyor and company director, formerly chairman of major companies and public bodies and a High Sheriff of Wiltshire. Benson was born in Staffordshire in 1933, the son of ...

Christopher Benson (theologian)
Christopher Benson (16 January 1788 – 25 March 1868) was a Cambridge educated theologian who achieved prominence on account of his abilities as a preacher and lecturer. In 1820 he was chosen as the first Hulsean Lecturer. Later he was one of the first to apply the term Tracts for the Times, "Tractarians" to John Keble, Edward Bouverie Pusey, Edward Pusey and other pioneers of what came to be known as the Oxford Movement within the Church of England. Christopher Benson was not a supporter, and engaged in high-profile theological controversies on matters such as the "apostolical authority of the Fathers". Life Benson was born at Cockermouth, a country town in the far north-west of England. His father, Thomas Benson, was a solicitor. He attended Eton College before winning a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1804. Five years later he emerged with a Bachelor of Arts, BA degree. He received his Master of Arts, MA degree six years after that, in 1815. Meanwhi ...
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