Marcus Benjamin
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Marcus Mitchell Benjamin (January 17, 1857 – October 22, 1932) was an American editor.
Biography
Marcus Benjamin was born in San Francisco, California on January 17, 1857.[1][2][3] He was educated at the Columbia University School of Mines. After following his profession of chemist for several years, he turned to editorial work.
Benjamin worked on a number of reference works, as:
- Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography[4]
- Standard Dictionary
- Universal Cyclopædia
- New International Encyclopædia
- Appleton's New Practical Cyclopædia, (six volumes, 1910).
He married fellow editor Carolyn Gilbert on June 16, 1892.[1]
From 1896, he was the editor of the publications of the United States National Museum. He was an aide in the office of Naval Intelligence during World War I, and received a decoration by France. He was a fellow of the Chemical Society.[4]
He died at his home in Washington, D.C. on October 22, 1932, and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx.[2][3]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Leonard, John W., ed. (1901). Who's Who in America (1901–1902 ed.). Chicago: A.N. Marquis Company. p. 83. Retrieved July 23, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former Museum Editor Succumbs". The Sunday Star. Washington, D.C. October 23, 1932. p. 15. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Deaths: Benjamin, Marcus Mitchell". The Sunday Star. Washington, D.C. October 23, 1932. p. 7. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. I. New York: D. Appleton & Company. p. xi. Retrieved July 23, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
External links
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- Marcus Benjamin Papers, 1886–1929 from the Smithsonian Institution Archives
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