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Joel Benton
Born	(1832-05-29)May 29, 1832 Amenia, New York, US
Died	September 15, 1911(1911-09-15) (aged 79) Poughkeepsie, New York, US
Occupation	Poet Writer Lecturer
Nationality	American
Notable works	Emerson As A Poet The Truth About Protection Greeley on Lincoln In the Poe Circle The Life of Phineas T. Barnum

Joel Benton (May 29, 1832 – September 15, 1911) was an American writer, poet and lecturer.

Biography

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.

References

1. ^ Adams, Arthur G. (1980). The Hudson River in Literature: An Anthology. Fordham Univ Press. p. 321. ISBN 9780873954075. Retrieved January 18, 2021 – via Google Books.
2. Chisholm, Hugh (1913). The Britannica Year Book. Encyclopœdia Britannica Company. p. 752.

External links

• Works by Joel Benton at Project Gutenberg
• The Life of Phineas T. Barnum at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Joel Benton at the Internet Archive
• "Benton, Joel (1832-1911)". The Vault at Pfaff's. Lehigh University. Retrieved April 21, 2018.

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