A. W. Benn

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Alfred William Benn (1843–1915) was an agnostic and an honorary associate of the Rationalist Press Association. His book A History of Modern Philosophy was published in the Thinker's Library series in 1930.

He was the author of The Greek Philosophers(2 vols, 1882); The History of English Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century (2 vols, 1906); and The History of Ancient and Modern Philosophy (2 vols, 1912).

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• Obituary: Alfred William Benn, International Journal of Ethics, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Jan., 1916), pp. 282-283
• Obituary: A. W. Benn, R. G. Bury, The Classical Review, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Mar., 1916), p. 63