John Bennet 1657-86

John BENNET 1657-86

Armorial stamp of John Bennet (British Armorial Bindings)

Biographical Note

Born in Westminster, son of [[family::John Bennet]. BA Christ Church, Oxford 1680, MA 1683, and went on to study medicine. His Constantius the apostate (1683) was a contribution to the debate around Samuel Johnson's Julian the apostate (actually an attack on the succession of the Roman Catholic James II to the throne); Bennet opposed Johnson.

Books

Several books with Bennet's armorial stamp and initials "I B" survive in Christ Church Library (as all the known books are there, this may have been a donation or bequest?).

Sources

• British Armorial Bindings.
• Pritchard, Jonathan. "Bennet, John (1657–1686), writer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.