Background

Dean, Charles was born on November 10, 1813 in Biddeford, Maine, United States. Son of Doctor Ezra Deane.

Education

Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard, 1856.

Career

Partner dry goods firm Waterston, Pray & Company, 1840-1864. Became member Massachusetts History Society, 1849, American Antiquarian Society, 1851, London Society of Antiquaries, 1878. Delegate Archeological Congress, Antwerp, Netherlands, 1866.

Editor: History of Plymouth Plantation (by Governor Bradford), 1856.

Achievements

• Charles Dean has been listed as a noteworthy merchant, historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Massachusetts

Connections

Married Helen Waterston, 1841.