Benjamin Paul Akers
Born	July 10, 1825(1825-07-10) Westbrook, Maine
Died	May 21, 1861 (aged 35)
Nationality	American
Field	Sculpture

Benjamin Paul Akers (July 10, 1825 – May 21, 1861) was an able American sculptor.

[edit] Early life

Born in Westbrook, Maine in 1825, at the age of 30 he went to Rome in 1855, where he worked for several years.

[edit] Career

Among his works are busts of Edward Everett and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a head of John Milton and Dead Pearl Diver, on display at the Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine.

[edit] Personal life

He was married to the poet Elizabeth Anne Chase Akers Allen from 1860 until his death in Philadelphia in 1861, aged 35, from unknown causes.

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