Edward Armstrong Bennet MC, (21 October 1888 – 7 March 1977) was an

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decorated

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during World War I, a British and Indian Army

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in the rank of brigadier during World War II, hospital consultant and author. with a biographical introduction on Bennet by Marie-Louise von Franz He is known for his long collaboration with Carl Jung which started in the early 1930s and whom he invited to give the influential ''Tavistock Lectures'' in London in 1935. He is regarded as one of the earliest practising Jungian analysts in the United Kingdom.

Education

Born in Poyntzpass,

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Northern Ireland, Bennet was educated at Campbell College,

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(twice), and Ridley Hall, Cambridge.

Career

After studying Philosophy and Theology at Trinity College, Dublin, Bennet went to Ridley Hall where he was ordained into the Church of England. During the First World War he served as a military chaplain and was awarded the Military Cross for "conspicuous bravery". After hostilities ended he returned to Trinity College, Dublin where he qualified in Medicine in 1925. In 1925 he moved to London, where he obtained a post in the West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases. He also joined the

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, then led by Hugh Crichton-Miller, as an honorary psychiatrist. In the early 1930s he met the Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung and invited him to London to give the "Tavistock lectures" in 1935. He was awarded a Doctor of Science degree in 1939. During World War II Bennet served a command psychiatrist in the India Command and in the

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. He was promoted to brigadier. After the war he resumed his close collaboration with Jung which lasted until the latter's death in 1961. He also joined the Royal Bethlem and the Maudsley Hospitals where he remained until his retirement in 1955. He carried on a private practice and was active on church and medical committees. Bennet was for a time a member of the newly formed

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, but fell out with its leader, Michael Fordham. There was a brief reconciliation, however, Bennet resigned permanently in 1963.

Committee work

He served on: * The

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Sub-committee of the BMA 1955-6 * The

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's Commission on Spiritual Healing 1954-5 * The Drug addiction Committee of the BMA 1955-6

Personal

Bennet was married to Eveline, his co-author of ''Meetings with Jung''.

Publications

In English: * ''What Jung Really Said''. Schocken Books; 4th Revised edition (1 July 1995) * ''C.G. Jung''. Chiron, 2006 * ''Meetings with Jung: Conversations Recorded During the Years, 1946-1961''. Daimon Books, 1992 * “Hysteria, a Disorder of Social Integration”, (Thesis), Bennet, E. A., 1930. * ''The Quality of Leadership'' (Paper) * "The Psychopathology of Sexual Perversions". E. A. Bennet, M.C., M.D., D.P.M. ''

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''. June 1, 1933 https://doi.org/10.1177/003591573302600826 In translation: * ''Jung og hans tankeverden'' * ''Τι είπε στ' αλήθεια ο Γιούνγκ'' * ''A normalização como instrumento de inovação e competitividade na MPE'' * ''Ce que jung a vraiment dit''

References

External links

Dictionary of National Biography
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entry on Edward Armstrong Bennet by Glin Bennet* Catalogue of manuscripts, correspondence between Bennet and Jung, printed documents and publications by Bennet held at the Archive, {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennet, Edward Armstrong 1888 births 1977 deaths People from County Down People educated at Campbell College Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Alumni of Ridley Hall, Cambridge 20th-century English Anglican priests Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers World War I chaplains British Army personnel of World War I Recipients of the Military Cross British Army personnel of World War II Royal Army Medical Corps officers 20th-century British medical doctors Physicians of the Maudsley Hospital British psychiatrists Jungian psychologists Irish writers Military personnel from Northern Ireland