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