A. C. Benson
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Arthur Christopher Benson, was an English essayist, poet and academic, who served as the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He wrote the lyrics of Edward Elgar's Coronation Ode, including th
Benson c. 1899
"Fasti Etonenses", Benson caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1903.
Benson Court (the Lutyens Building) at Magdalene College, Cambridge
The Benson Brothers, 1907
Land of Hope and Glory
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Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set; God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet, God, who ma
A. C. Benson
…as the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He wrote the lyrics of Edward Elgar's Coronation Ode, including the words of the patriotic song "Land of Hope and Glory" (1902). His literary criticism, poems, and volumes of essays were highly regarded. He was also noted as an author of ghost stories. According to…
Edward Elgar, composer
Land of Hope and Glory by Elgar song cover 1902