BENNETT, JOHN HUGHES. _b._ London 31 Aug. 1812; ed. at Exeter gr. sch. and Univ. of Edin., M.D. 1837, LLD. Aug. 1875; founded in Paris the Parisian Medical Society 1837, pres. 1837; pathologist to Royal infirmary Edin. 1843; discovered a remarkable disease of the blood which he called Leucocythemia or white cell blood 1845; editor of _Edinburgh Monthly Journal of medical science_ 1846; professor of Institutes of medicine in Univ. of Edin. July 1848 to July 1874; F.R.S. Edin. 1842, F.R.C.P. Edin. 1842; author of _An introduction to clinical medicine_ 1849, _4 ed._ 1862; _The pathology and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis_ 1853, _2 ed._ 1859; _Clinical lectures on principles and practice of medicine_ 1852, _5 ed._ 1868 which was translated into French, Russian and Hindoo. _d._ The Wilderness, Bracondale, Norwich 25 Sep. 1875. _bur._ Dean cemetery Edin. 30 Sep. _Edinburgh Medical Journal xxi_, 466–74 (1875); _British Medical Journal ii_, 473–78 (1875). BENNETT, JOHN JOSEPH. _b._ Tottenham 8 Jany. 1801; ed. at Enfield and at Middlesex hospital; assistant keeper of the Banksian herbarium and library British Museum Nov. 1827, keeper 1828–70; F.L.S. 1828, sec. 1840–60; F.R.S. 16 Dec. 1841; wrote part of T. Horsfield’s _Plantæ Javanicæ Rariores_ 1852–53. _d._ Maresfield, Sussex 29 Feb. 1876; bust by Weekes in botanical department British Museum. _Journal of botany British and Foreign v_, 97–105 (1876), _portrait_. BENNETT, SAMUEL. _b._ Cornwall 20 March 1815; went to Sydney 1841; superintendent of a printing office there 1842–59; purchased with Wm. Hanson the _Empire_ newspaper 1859, conducted it as a daily and weekly paper; started the _Evening News_ 29 July 1867, the _Australian town and country journal_ 8 Jany. 1870; author of _The history of Australian discovery and colonisation_ 1867. _d._ Mundarrah towers, Little Coogee, Sydney 2 June 1878. BENNETT, SAMUEL JAMES. Founder of the Mercantile Association; founded the _Commercial Gazette_ weekly paper 1853. _d._ The Firs, Staplecross, Sussex 23 May 1881. BENNETT, THOMAS. _b._ Hereford 22 Feb. 1785; captain R.N. 16 Sep. 1828; commodore on North America and West India station 7 Feb. 1848 to 29 April 1851; granted a service pension 2 Nov. 1863; admiral on h.p. 12 Sep. 1865; mayor of Hereford 1842. _d._ Broomy hill, Hereford 12 June 1870.