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Person Detail: Laura Benet

General Information:
Full Name: Laura Benet
Biography:
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.
Life Events:
Year: 1884 Event: BIRTH Kings County
Born in Fort Hamilton. 
Year: 1930 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
"Goods and Chattels"
Fiction 
Year: 1934 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
"A Basket For A Fair"
poems 
Year: 1942 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
"Come Slowly Eden: A Novel About Emily Dickinson"
 
Year: 1944 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
"Washington Irving, Explorer of American Folklore"
 
Year: 1979 Event: INTERMENT (Unknown) County
Buried with her parents in Section 6 of Arlington National Cemetery.  
Year: 1979 Event: DEATH (Unknown) County
 
Year: ? Event: RESIDENCE Rensselaer County
Benet graduated from the Emma Willard School in Troy, NY. 
Year: ? Event: RESIDENCE New York County
She lived in New York City. 

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