Dana, RICHARD

HENRY, 1787-1879. American poet and e ayist. The Idle Man, 1821-22; The Buccaneer, 1827. His son and namesake, 1815-1882, wrote Two Years before the Mast, 1840; Seaman's Friend, 1841; and To Cuba and Back, 1859; ed. Wheat on's International Law, 1866, became LL.D., and was prominent at the bar and in public affairs. The poet's father, FRANCIS, LL.D., 1743-1811, was Judge of Ma . Supreme Court from 1785, and Chief-Justice 1791-1806.