Bennett, Joseph D. (Joseph Deericks), 1922-1972 (original) (raw)

Epithet: Curate of Carrickon-Shannon

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Epithet: music critic

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Epithet: Colonel; of Add MS 38329

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Epithet: Colonel; of Add MS 46559

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Joseph Bennett was born on January 26, 1922, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1943, and continued there for his post-graduate studies through 1946. While interested in piano and skin diving, Bennett also served in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1946. After the war, Bennett began to work with Willington & Co., a New York investment bank. Also in 1946, Bennett co-founded The Hudson Review . He also wrote some books of his own, including Baudelaire: A Criticism (1944, 1946 2nd ed.), Decembrist (1951), and Luxury Cruise (1962). Bennett died in 1972.

From the guide to the Joseph D. Bennett Papers, 1951-1973, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections)