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'''Robert Benchley''' (1889-1945) was an American author.  His works include ''Love Conquers All'' (1922), ''My Ten Years in a Quandary'' (1936), and ''Benchley Beside Himself'' (1943).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''.  Prentice Hall, New York, 1993.</ref>

'''Robert Benchley''' (1889-1945) was an American humorist and actor.  His works include ''Love Conquers All'' (1922), ''My Ten Years in a Quandary'' (1936), and ''Benchley Beside Himself'' (1943).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''.  Prentice Hall, New York, 1993.</ref> He is best remembered for a single quote:{{cquote|Opera is when a man gets stabbed in the back, and, instead of bleeding, sings.<br>                                                                          --Robert Benchley}}

==Life==

==Life==

Benchley was born September 15, 1889, into a superficially tragic childhood in the 1890s of bee stings, cuts, and the death of his brother Edmund in the Spanish-American War.<ref>https://users.wpi.edu/~cityofwords/benchley.html</ref>  He attended Harvard University, where he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon, and later wrote several essays for the ''New Yorker''.<ref>http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/robert-benchley-2682.php</ref>  He was their lead drama critic and wrote for the Wayward Press under the name Guy Fawkes before his monologue "The Treasurer's Report," introduced him to the revue and the cinema.<ref>"Benchley, Robert."  ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref>  

Benchley was born September 15, 1889, into a superficially tragic childhood in the 1890s of bee stings and cuts, though it was truly darkened by the death of his brother Edmund in the Spanish-American War.<ref>https://users.wpi.edu/~cityofwords/benchley.html</ref>  He attended [[Harvard University]], where he wrote for the ''Harvard Lampoon'', and later wrote several essays for the ''New Yorker''.<ref>"Benchley, Robert."

During the 1920s, he was a very popular humorist who wrote about daily struggles.<ref>https://www.infoplease.com/people/who2-biography/robert-benchley</ref>  He also worked as an actor, receiving over 40 small roles in films including ''How to Sleep''.<ref>http://www.biography.com/people/robert-benchley-9206715#synopsis</ref>  He considered himself, over all, a lazy man, and member of the Algonquin Club along with [[Dorothy Parker]], Robert Sherwood, and Alexander Parker, a group also called the ''Vicious Circle''.<ref>http://www.davidpietrusza.com/benchley.html</ref>  Over time, his interested in writing decreased and he appeared more in films until his death on November 21, 1945.<ref>http://biography.yourdictionary.com/robert-benchley</ref>

''The Famous People''. http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/robert-benchley-2682.php</ref>  He was their lead drama critic and wrote for the Wayward Press under the name Guy Fawkes before his monologue "The Treasurer's Report," introduced him to the revue and the cinema.<ref>"Benchley, Robert."  ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref>  

During the 1920s, he was a very popular humorist who wrote about daily struggles.<ref>"Robert Benchley."

''Infoplease''. https://www.infoplease.com/people/who2-biography/robert-benchley</ref>  He also worked as an actor, receiving over 40 small roles in films including ''How to Sleep''.<ref>"Robert Benchley, Synopsis."  ''Biography.com''. http://www.biography.com/people/robert-benchley-9206715#synopsis</ref>  He considered himself, over all, a lazy man, and member of the Algonquin Club along with [[Dorothy Parker]], Robert Sherwood, and Alexander Parker, a group also called the ''Vicious Circle''.<ref>Pietruza, David.  "Robert Benchley:  A Profile in Humor." http://www.davidpietrusza.com/benchley.html</ref>  Over time, his interested in writing decreased and he appeared more in films until his death on November 21, 1945.<ref>"Benhcley, Robert."

''Your Dictionary''. http://biography.yourdictionary.com/robert-benchley</ref>

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