Background
Dana, Richard Henry was born on November 15, 1787 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Francis and Elizabeth (Ellery) Dana.
Dana, Richard Henry was born on November 15, 1787 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Francis and Elizabeth (Ellery) Dana.
Graduated from Harvard, 1808. Studied law in Boston, Baltimore, Newport, Rhode Island.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1811. Member Massachusetts Legislature, 1811. Became member Anthology Club (made up of men from Cambridge and Boston including John Quincy Adams, William Tudor), 1814.
Editor, contributor to North American Review, 1815.
Wrote for New York Review, The Biblical Repository, The Literary and Theological Review, American Quarterly Observer at various times. Active in Congregational Church controversy, 1825-1835, sided with Trinitarians (as opposed to Unitarians).
Lectured on Shakespeare at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, other cities, 1839-1840. Author: The Idle Manitoba, 1821.
The Buccaneer and Other Poems, 1827.
Poems and Prose Writings, 1833.
Member Massachusetts Legislature, 1811.
Married Ruth Charlotte Smith, 1813, 4 children including Richard Henry, Edmund Trowbridge.