Editing William Rose Benét (section)

==Early life and education==
He was born in [[Brooklyn, New York]], the son of Col. James Walker Benét and his wife, Frances Neill (née Rose), and grandson of Brigadier General [[Stephen Vincent Benet (Army General)|Stephen Vincent Benét]]. He was educated [[The Albany Academy]] in [[Albany, NY]] and at [[Sheffield Scientific School]] of [[Yale University]], graduating with a [[Ph.B.]] in 1907. At Yale, he edited<ref>"William Rose Benét". ''Obituary Record of Graduates of the Undergraduate Schools Deceased during the Year 1949-1950''. New Haven: Yale University. January 1, 1951. p. 170.</ref> and contributed light verse to campus humor magazine ''[[The Yale Record]]''.<ref>Bronson, Francis W., Thomas Caldecott Chubb, and Cyril Hume, eds. (1922) ''The Yale Record Book of Verse: 1872-1922''. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 104-106.</ref> 

Benét came to California in 1909 where his father was stationed as a commander of the [[Benicia Arsenal]] in [[Benicia, California|Benicia]]. He arrived at the [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California|Carmel-by-the-Sea]] writers' colony and stayed with, roommate and friend, [[Sinclair Lewis]]. Lewis and Benét left Carmel after six months.<ref name="Dramov">{{cite book|last=Dramov|first=Alissandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GtRzAgAAQBAJ|title=Carmel-by-the-Sea, The Early Years (1803-1913)|work=[[AuthorHouse]]|place=Blomington, Indiana|date=2012|pages=161|isbn=9781491824146|access-date=2023-03-03}}</ref>