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Silas Bent IV (b. May 9 1882 in Millersburg Kentucky – d. July 30 1945 in Greenwich Connecticut) son of Silas Bent III and Ann Elizabeth (Tyler) Bent was an American was a journalist author and lecturer. He began newspaper work in 1900 in Louisville Kentucky on the Louisville Herald. After three years he moved to St. Louis and joined the staff of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as reporter and assistant editor.