Charles Henry Allan Bennett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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chemist and occultist
Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1872
Place of Birth: London
Date of Death: 09-Mar-1923
Profession: chemist
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Charles Henry Allan Bennett
- Charles Henry Allan Bennett (8 December 1872 – 9 March 1923) was a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
- He was a close associate of author and occultist Aleister Crowley. Bennett received the name Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya at his ordination as a Buddhist monk and spent years studying and practicing Buddhism in the East.
- He was the second Englishman to be ordained as a Buddhist monk (Bhikkhu) of the Theravada tradition and was instrumental in introducing Buddhism in England.
- He established the first Buddhist Mission in the United Kingdom.
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