Richard Meux Benson

BENSON, Richard Meux. b. London, 6 July 1824; d. Oxford, 14 January 1915. He was educated privately, and at Christ Church, Oxford (BA 1847, MA 1849). He took Holy Orders (deacon 1848, priest 1849), serving his curacy at St Mark’s, Surbiton (1848-50). He was vicar of Cowley, Oxford (1850-70), and vicar of St John’s, Cowley, Oxford (1870-1886). He was the Founder and First Superior of the Community of St John the Evangelist, Cowley (SSJE, or the ‘Cowley Fathers’, a community that flourished between 1866 and 2011). Benson published many sermons, addresses and devotional books, such as Redemption (1861), The Divine Rule of Prayer (1866), The Manual of Intercessory Prayer (1872), An Exposition...