| Joel Benton | |
| Birth Date: | 29 May 1832 |
| Birth Place: | Amenia, New York, US |
| Death Place: | Poughkeepsie, New York, US |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Poet Writer Lecturer |
| Notableworks: | Emerson As A Poet The Truth About Protection Greeley on Lincoln In the Poe Circle The Life of Phineas T. Barnum |
Joel Benton (May 29, 1832 – September 15, 1911) was an American writer, poet and lecturer.
Benton was born in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York.[1] He worked as a teacher, writer and lecturer.[2]
As well as producing poetry, he wrote Emerson As A Poet (1882), The Truth About Protection (1892), Greeley on Lincoln (1893), In the Poe Circle: With Some Account Of The Poe-Chivers Controversy And Other Poe Memorabilia (1899) and The Life of Phineas T. Barnum.
He died in 1911 in Poughkeepsie.[1]