BENCHLEY, ROBERT. Drama critic, noted humorist, and monologuist; b. Worcester, Massachusetts, ; d. New York, New York, .
Born Isle of Wight, September 15, 1807. Shipped as cabin boy on the Florence J. Marble, 1815. Arrested for bigamy and murder in Port Said, 1817. Released, 1820. Wrote A Tale of Two Cities. Married Princess Anastacia of Portugal, 1831. Children: Prince Rupprecht and several little girls. Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1850. Editor of Godey’s Lady’s...