Background
Dana, John Cotton was born on August 19, 1856 in Woodstock, Vermont, United States. Son of Charles and Charitie Scott (Loomis) Dana.
Dana, John Cotton was born on August 19, 1856 in Woodstock, Vermont, United States. Son of Charles and Charitie Scott (Loomis) Dana.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1878. Studied law, Woodstock, Vermont, 1878-1880.
Admitted to New York bar, 1883. Civil engineer Colorado, 1886-1887. Librarian, Denver Public Library, 1889-1897, City Library, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1898-1902, Free Public Library, Newark, New Jersey, since 1902.
Director Newark Museum Association, since foundation, 1909.
Author: Libraries, Addresses and Essays, 1916. The New Museum; American Art, 1914 Gloom of the Museum, 1917.
The Installation of a Speaker. Suggestions, 1921; also wrote The Industrialist is an Artist, Art is All in Your Eye, Art’s Best Friends are the Advertisers, Should Museums be Useful, Changes in Library Methods in a Changing World, all 1927.
Home: Newark, New Jersey.
Married Adine Rowena Wagener, November 15, 1888.