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Richard Dana (other)
Richard Dana may refer to: * Richard Dana (lawyer) (1699–1772), American lawyer and politician, father of Francis Dana * Richard Henry Dana Sr. (1787–1879), American poet and author, son of Francis Dana * Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815–1882), American lawyer and author, son of Dana Sr. * Richard Henry Dana III Richard Henry Dana III (January 3, 1851 – December 16, 1931) was an American lawyer and civil service reformer. Early life Dana was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 3, 1851, the son of lawyer and politician Richard Henry Dana, Jr. ... (1851–1931), American lawyer, son of Dana Jr., and his son Richard Henry Dana IV See also * {{hndis, Dana, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Dana (lawyer)
Richard Dana (June 26, 1700 – May 17, 1772) was a prominent lawyer and politician in colonial Massachusetts, and member of the Dana family. Early life Dana was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on June 26, 1700. He was the son of Daniel Dana (1664–1749) and Naomi ( née Croswell) Dana (1670–1751). The Dana family was prominent in colonial Massachusetts and their family's coat of arms was three stags separated by a chevron, with a fox at the crest. He graduated from Harvard College in 1718 and then studied law and passed the bar. Career Dana became a prominent lawyer and during the early stages of the Revolution, the city of Boston depended on his legal advice, serving as a member of the committee that investigated the Boston Massacre in 1770. He was a founding member the Sons of Liberty, and led Massachusetts opposition to the Stamp Act.Mays, Terry M. ''Historical Dictionary Of Revolutionary America'' (Scarecrow Press, 2005). Page 77. He served one term in the Massach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Henry Dana Sr
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Henry Dana Jr
Richard Henry Dana Jr. (August 1, 1815 – January 6, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of a colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the classic American memoir ''Two Years Before the Mast''. Both as a writer and as a lawyer, he was a champion of the downtrodden, from seamen to fugitive slaves and freedmen. Early life and education Dana was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on August 1, 1815 into a family that had settled in colonial America in 1640, counting Anne Bradstreet among its ancestors.Sullivan, 1972, p. 98. His father was the poet and critic Richard Henry Dana Sr. As a boy, Dana studied in Cambridgeport under a strict schoolmaster named Samuel Barrett, alongside fellow Cambridge native and future writer James Russell Lowell. Barrett was infamous as a disciplinarian who punished his students for any infraction by flogging. He also often pulled students by their ears and, on one such occasion, nearly pulled Dana's ear o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
