Charles Henry Allan Bennett

Charles Henry Allan Bennett
Ordained as a Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya
Personal
Born	(1872-12-08)8 December 1872 London, United Kingdom
Died	9 March 1923(1923-03-09) (aged 50) Clapham Junction, London
Resting place	Unmarked grave buried in Morden Cemetery, South London, England
Religion	Buddhism
School	Theravada
Notable work(s)	The Religion of Burma and Other Papers,[1] & The Wisdom of the Aryas.[2]
Monastic name	Ananda Metteyya (also early version: Ananda Maitreya)
Occupation	early life: analytical chemist & occultist. later life: buddhist monk & buddhist; writer, teacher, advocate.

Charles Henry Allan Bennett (8 December 1872 – 9 March 1923) was an English Buddhist and former member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. He was an early friend and influential teacher of occultist Aleister Crowley.^[3][4][5]

Bennett received the name Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya at his ordination as a Buddhist monk and spent years studying and practising Buddhism in the East. He was the second Englishman to be ordained as a Buddhist monk (Bhikkhu) of the Theravāda tradition^[6] and was instrumental in introducing Buddhism in England. He established the first Buddhist Mission in the United Kingdom and sought to spread the light of Dhamma to the West. Co-founder of international Buddhist organisations and publications, he was an influential Buddhist advocate of the early 20th century.