Charles Astor Bristed

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. | education = | alma_mater = Yale College
Trinity College, Cambridge | known_for = | occupation = Scholar, author | spouse = * }} | children = 2 | parents = John Bristed
Magdalena Astor | family = Astor family }}

Charles Astor Bristed (October 6, 1820 – January 14, 1874) was an American scholar and author, sometimes writing under the pen name Carl Benson. He was the first American to write a full-length defense of Americanisms and is the earliest known person to use the term "conspiracy theory". Provided by Wikipedia