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Benjamin, Park (Journalist poet was born Aug)

journalist, poet, was born Aug. 13, 1809, in British Guinea.

He was a journalist and poet of New York city. The Old Sexton is the best remembered example. His poems were chiefly lyrical, and attracted world wide attention; appeared in the leading newspapers and magazines of America; and subsequently were published in book form. His son, Park Benjamin, is a noted lawyer of New York city; and the author of a number of meritorious works. He died Sept. 12, 1864, in New York city.