Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: new york city , new york , u.s. - jr/sr: united states senator - preceded: raymond e. baldwin - term: december , 1953 17 , 1949 & ndash ; january 3 - party: democratic - death date: 18 march 1973 - spouse: helen hemingway benton - succeeded: william a. purtell - birth date: 1 april 1900 - state: connecticut - name: william burnett benton - birth place: minneapolis , minnesota , u.s. - religion: episcopalian - alma mater: carleton college yale university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william benton -lrb- senator -rrb- .
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william burnett benton -lrb- april 1 , 1900 -- march 18 , 1973 -rrb- was a u.s. senator from connecticut -lrb- 1949 -- 1953 -rrb- and publisher of the '' encyclopdia britannica '' -lrb- 1943 -- 1973 -rrb- .