Background
Dana, Richard Henry was born on January 3, 1851 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard Henry D., Junior, and Sarah (Watson) D.
Dana, Richard Henry was born on January 3, 1851 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard Henry D., Junior, and Sarah (Watson) D.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard 1874, Bachelor of Laws, 1877.
Admitted to bar, 1877. Organized Associate Charities of Boston, 1878-1879. Drafted Civil Service Reform Acting (Massachusetts, 1884), and the first Australian Ballot Acting passed in the United States (Massachusetts, 1888).
Editor Civil Service Record, 1889-1892.
As a commissioner Charles River Dam, made report to legislature, 1903. President North.E. Conservatory of Music, 1891-1898, Boston Young Men's Christian Association, 1890-1891, Cambridge Civil Service Reform Association, 1897-1801.
Chairman council National Civ. Services Reformed League, 1905-1912, president 1913-1923.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Edith Longfellow, January 10, 1878 (died 1915). Married second, Mistress. Children: Richard Henry, Henry West. Longfellow, Frances A. (Mistress H. C. de Rham, II), Allston, Edmund T., Delia F.