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Benjamin, Park (Lawyer author was born May)

lawyer, author, was born May 11, 1849, in New York city.

He is a New York lawyer whose specialty is patent law; and is the author of Shakings: Etchings for the Naval Academy; Wrinkles and Receipts: Suggestions for the Mechanic, Engineer, etc.; The Age of Electricity; The Intellectual Rise in Electricity; and a History.

BENJAMIN, SAMUEL GREEN WHEELER, diplomatist, author, was born Feb. 13, 1837, in Argos, Greece. He is a contributor to the field of general literature; and at one period minister to Persia. He is the author of Art in America; Contemporary Art in Europe; The Atlantic Islands; Troy: its Legend, Literature, and Topography; A Group of Etchers; Persia and the Persians; The Story of Persia: The Cruise of the Alice May in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; and Sea Spray, or Facts and Fancies of a Yachtsman.

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