Studied at the Middlesex Hospital and at the London School of Dental Surgery, where he was a Prizeman. Having qualified he was first appointed Dental Surgeon to the St Marylebone General Dispensary, next Medical Tutor to the Royal Dental Hospital, then Surgeon and Lecturer on Dental Surgery. In 1881 he became Assistant Dental Surgeon, in 1882 Dental Surgeon, and in 1900 Consulting Dental Surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital. He was also Hon Curator of the Museum of the Odontological Society. Other offices held were: President of the Board of the British Dental Association, President of the Odontological Society; Examiner in Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons. He practised at 17 George Street, and his death occurred suddenly on July 19th, 1900. Publications: Bennett published a number of papers in the *Odontological Society’s Transactions*, xiii-xviii, also in the *Transactions of the British Dental Association*, ii, vi.