Samuel Levy Bensusan Samuel Levy Bensusan was born on 29 September 1872 at Dulwich, London where his father was a merchant dealing in feathers. The family were practicing orthodox Jews, originating from Spain, who loved music which provided Samuel with a lifelong love of music During schooling he developed a skill in writing which he was able to combine with his love of music becoming a music/drama critic with several magazines including the Illustrated London News and Vanity Fair. Bensusan then began experimenting in writing novels and in a move that was to change his life visited Eastern Ess...