Edward Trusted Bennett

Edward Trusted Bennett (1 July 1831 – 16 November 1908), best known as Edward T. Bennett, was a British botanist and psychical researcher.

Edward Trusted Bennett
Born	(1831-07-01)1 July 1831 London
Died	16 November 1908(1908-11-16) (aged 77) Port Isaac, Cornwall
Occupation(s)	Botanist, 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.^[1][2] 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.^[3][4]

He was a member of the British National Association of Spiritualists and the first secretary of the Society for Psychical Research.^[5] From 1882 to 1902 he worked as an assistant secretary for the Society.^[6]

He died in Port Isaac, Cornwall.

Publications

• The Poetical Work of George Barlow: A Study (1903)
• The Society for Psychical Research: Its Rise & Progress & a Sketch of its Work (1903)
• Twenty Years of Psychical Research: 1882-1901 (1904)
• Automatic Speaking and Writing: A Study (1905)
• The Physical Phenomena Popularly Classed Under the Head of Spiritualism (1907) [With a brief introduction by Oliver Lodge]
• The Direct Phenomena of Spiritualism (1908)
• Psychic Phenomena (1909) [With a foreword by Oliver Lodge]