Frank Moss Bennett was born on 15 November 1874 in Liverpool, England.Frank Moss Bennett, Rehs GalleriesCharles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage, 2003, volume 1, page 1366 He was educated at the Clifton College, a private boarding school in Bristol where he met Edward Francis Wells who would become a lifelong friend and fellow artist.Anthony H. Hull E.F.Wells His Art, Life and Times, 1990, pgs 5-6. Bennett and Wells followed the same educational path, first studying at the Slade School of Fine Art, then St John's Wood Art School, and finally at the Royal Academy Schools in London where Bennett won the Gold Medal and a Travel Scholarship. The latter enabled Bennett to spend a year travelling in Italy with Wells (who was probably independently financed).
