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Bio

Poet, novelist, writer. Born in Fort Hamilton. Her works include “Goods and Chattels,” “Washington Irving,” “Come Slowly Eden” (about Emily Dickinson), “Basket for a Fair” and others.

Full Name

Laura Benet

Locations

Rensselaer

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Benet graduated from the Emma Willard School in Troy, NY.

Unknown

RESIDENCE

She lived in New York City.

1884

BIRTH

Born in Fort Hamilton.

1930

LITWORK

"Goods and Chattels"


Fiction

1934

LITWORK

"A Basket For A Fair"


poems

1942

LITWORK

"Come Slowly Eden: A Novel About Emily Dickinson"

1944

LITWORK

"Washington Irving, Explorer of American Folklore"

1979

1979

INTERMENT

Buried with her parents in Section 6 of Arlington National Cemetery.

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