Bennett, Sir Sterndale, an English musical composer and pianist, born at Sheffield, whose musical genius recommended him to Mendelssohn and Schumann; became professor of Music in Cambridge, and conductor of the Philharmonic Concerts; was president of the Royal Academy of Music (1816‒1873).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Bennett, James Gordon * Bennett, Wm.