Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922

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Name (Latin)
Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922
Date of birth
1849-05-11
Date of death
1922-08-21
Gender
male
MARC
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Other Identifiers
VIAF: 48389681
Wikidata: Q7137645
Library of congress: n 90665817
Sources of Information
  • nuc90-16673: His A history of electricity ... [MI] 1888(hdg. on NN rept.: Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922; usage: Park Benjamin)
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Wikipedia description:

Park Benjamin (1849–1922) was an American patent lawyer and writer. He was born in New York City, graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1867, resigned from the Navy in 1869, and graduated at the Albany Law School in the following year. He was associate editor of The Scientific American from 1872 to 1878 and subsequently edited Appleton's Cyclopedia of Applied Mechanics and Cyclopædia of Modern Mechanism. He is also famous as the father-in-law of operatic tenor Enrico Caruso.

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