Park Benjamin Jr. | |
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 Park Benjamin Jr, as a US Naval academy midshipman | |
| Born | Park Benjamin May 11, 1849 New York City, United States |
| Died | August 21, 1922 (aged 73) Stamford, Connecticut |
| Occupation | Editor, writer, illustrator, patent attorney, consultant |
| Language | English |
| Education | United States Naval Academy, 1867 Albany Law School, 1870 Union College (PhD), 1877 |
| Genres | Magazines, non-fiction, fiction |
| Subjects | United States Naval Academy, electricity, mechanics, science in general |
| Notable work | History of the United States Naval Academy |
| Spouses | Helen Campbell, Isabel Torrens, Ida Crane |
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.