Bristed
CHARLES ASTOR ("CARL BENSON"), an American author, born in New York City, Oct. 6, 1820. He graduated from Yale University in 1839, and from Trinity College, Cambridge, England, in 1845. He traveled extensively in Europe, and was a frequent contributor to the magazines. Among his works are "Five Years in an English University" (1851); "The Upper Ten Thousand" (1852); "Interference Theory of Government" (1868). He died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 15, 1874.