Henry Stanley Bennett,FBA (15 January 1889 – 5 June 1972)[1] was an Englishliterary historian.[2] Known asStanley Bennett and publishing asH. S. Bennett, he was an authority onmedieval England. He wroteLife on the English Manor (1937), and subsequently wrote extensively on literature of the 15th and 16th centuries.[3]
Bennett was educated initially atSt Mark's College in Chelsea, and after graduation became a schoolmaster at a London elementary school. After being invalided during the final stages of the Great War, he returned to England and gained admission to study atEmmanuel College, Cambridge.[1]
In 1920, Bennett married the literary criticJoan Frankau.[2] Their son, Christopher S. Bennett, was a contemporary of the writerSimon Raven atKing's College, Cambridge; he went into theTreasury, and disappeared (possibly intentionally, given a work dispute and his hosting of several parties before his departure) in September 1966 whilst on a walking tour of the Savoy Alps.[4] Their daughter, Margaret (born 1924), married in 1948 the librarianPhilip Gaskell.[5]
Bennett was theSandars Reader in Bibliography at theUniversity of Cambridge in 1951. His topic was "English books and readers 1475 to 1557; being a study in the history of the book trade from Caxton to the incorporation of the Stationers’ Company."
Bennett'sEnglish Books and Readers 1475 to [1640]: Being a Study in the History of the Book Trade[6] has been characterized as the "perfect commentary on theShort-title Catalogue of English Books...1475-1640," and "social and economic history at its best, not merely a standard work, but a classic."[7]
For a full bibliography seeA List of His Writings Presented to H. S. Bennett on His Eightieth Birthday, 15 January 1969. Cambridge University Press. 15 January 1969.
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