Robert Bentley Suthers was born in Manchester in
Lancashire, England
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in 1871. Very little is known about his personal life besides that which can be inferred from the 1911 UK census and the military records of his son, Robert Eric Suthers. Robert married a woman named Alice and fathered a son, Robert Eric Suthers. R. E. Suthers was killed in the
First Battle of the Aisne
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during the First World War on 2 August 1918. He was nineteen. After his son's death, Robert Bentley Suthers became a writer for ''
The Clarion'', a socialist newspaper. He published the majority of his work through ''The Clarion'' and engaged in a long philosophical debate regarding the nature of free will with
G.K Chesterton. This debate would be referenced in Chesterton's book ''
Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy () is adherence to a purported "correct" or otherwise mainstream- or classically-accepted creed, especially in religion.
Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical co ...
''.
Bibliography
Books
* 1907 – ''Mind your own business''
* 1909 – ''Common objections to socialism answered''
* 1908 – ''John Bull and Doctor Protection''
* 1906 – ''My Right To Work''
**
original from University of California'
**
original from New York Public Library'
Pamphlets
* "A Man a Woman and a Dog"
* "Jack's Wife"
* "The Clarion Song Book"
* "The Clarion Birthday Book"
References
External links
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1871 births
Year of death missing
English writers