Talk:E. F. Benson

Spelling
Which is correct, Frederic or Frederick? Flapdragon 00:54, 16 August 2005 (UTC) It's spelt without the 'k'.

Mother
An anon added, a few edits ago, the following about Benson's mother: "who was discribed by Gladstone as the 'cleverest woman in Europe' and later left her family to settle in Lesbos in the company of Lucy Tait, daughter of the previous Archbishop of Canterbury." I can find no documentation of any of these statements; does anyone know whether they were true? If we can't document them I suggest that they should be dropped until verified. seglea 18:10, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, partial evidence from the net suggests that this is probably reliable. See, for example, reviews of Graham Robb's Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century - which also might contain information about E. F. Benson's own sexuality (he is referred to in various places as homosexual).  If anyone has access to this book or other reliable sources it might be useful to add something on this theme. seglea 18:23, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Although it's certainly true that Benson's mother did set up house with Lucy Tait, I'm afraid there is no conclusive evidence to prove that their relationship was a lesbien one - the above quote is one of hearsay; it might be true, but there is no proof. This is a topic that has been discussed greatly amongst Benson scholars, including the various books about the family (most notably biographies about AC and EF), and the overwhelming view is that it's just as likely that the relationship was completely platonic. The most accurate statement would be that Tait and Benson lived together, but the exact nature of this relationship is unknown.

Similarly, the sexuality of the Benson children has been widely debated with no definite conculsion. I do have several biographies about the Benson family, so I may add to this article, but to be honest it's a bit of a mess e.g. it's hardly surprising that his brother Robert married as he was a monsignor in the Catholic Church! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.241.174.15 (talk) 20:29, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

RADIO ADAPTIONS hasn't there been a further short series on Radio 4, possibly as part of Woman'sHour, post Ned Sherrin (and not as good) ? Daiyounger (talk) 22:37, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Name
Just wondering why this article was moved from E. F. Benson to its current title? WP:COMMONNAME would suggest it should have remained where it was - he is and always was "E. F." in his public works, as far as I'm aware, and I can't find any discussion or consensus for the move. I'll look into it further before I do anything, but I'm inclined to request a move back again. Ka renjc 11:33, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Move. Jafeluv (talk) 07:50, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Requested move
What happened to the short story collecions?

While I applaud the conflation of the Mapp & Lucia into this article, I do wonder why all references to the two important Benson short story collections by Jack Adrian have vanished?

~ Bantaar (talk) Bantaar (talk) 04:07, 22 January 2013 (UTC) 04:07, 22 January 2013 (UTC) 04:07, 22 January 2013 (UTC)~ 04:07, 22 January 2013 (UTC)Bantaar (talk)

Now, was that enough tildes to make me escape Wikipedia's pillory of having my IP address published for all and sundry? (crossing fingers)

Edward Benson (writer) → E. F. Benson — See WP:COMMONNAME. He always published professionally as E. F. Benson and is always referred to thus in literary histories, scholarly discussions etc. Same rationale as our articles on J. K. Rowling, W. G. Grace, and indeed the subject's own brother A. C. Benson. Ka renjc 17:54, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Bearing in mind the intro note that he was privately known as Fred, my move to Edward Benson makes much less sense. I support a move to his professional name DBD 18:34, 16 September 2010 (UTC)


 * E. F. Benson → Edward Benson (writer)


 * Support move to E. F. Benson for reason given, i.e. that he is best known by his intials.HeartofaDog (talk) 02:01, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Support move to E. F. Benson for reason given.RivGuySC (talk) 03:48, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. Deor (talk) 16:51, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Short stories (supernatural)
E.F. Benson's supernatural works were taken from the following locations, subsequently collected into the following volumes:

Short stories (other)
As well as 'spook' stories, E. F. Benson wrote short stories on other subjects:

Is there any particular reason these tables have been moved here? EwanHP (talk) 16:27, 25 January 2014 (UTC)EwanHP

Archaeologist
The opening sentence describes him as an archaeologist, but there is nothing in the rest of the article to back this up. In general there seems to be nothing about any occupation he may have had other than writing. --rossb (talk) 08:06, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

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