Joel Benton
Joel Benton (May 29, 1832 – September 15, 1911) was an American writer, poet and lecturer.
Joel Benton
- Name
- Joel Benton
- Born
- 29 May 1832
- Birthplace
- Amenia, New York, US
- Died
- 15 September 1911
- Place of death
- Poughkeepsie, New York, US
- Occupation
- Poet Writer Lecturer
- Nationality
- United States
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• Name — Joel Benton • Born — 29 May 1832 • Birthplace — Amenia, New York, US • Died — 15 September 1911 • Place of death — Poughkeepsie, New York, US • Occupation — Poet Writer Lecturer • Notableworks — Emerson As A Poet The Truth About Protection Greeley on Lincoln In the Poe Circle The Life of Phineas T. Barnum
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Joel Benton (29 May 1832 – 15 September 1911) is described as a writer in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Joel Benton was born in Amenia, New York (29 May 1832) and died in Poughkeepsie, New York (15 September 1911).
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Benton was born in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York. He worked as a teacher, writer and lecturer. As well as producing poetry, he wrote Emerson As A Poet (1882), The Truth About Protection (1892), Greeley on Lincoln (1893), In the Poe Circle: With Some Account Of The Poe-Chivers Controversy And Other Poe Memorabilia (1899) and The Life of Phineas T. Barnum. He died in 1911 in Poughkeepsie.
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