DANA, CHARLES ANDERSON

1819-97), American editor, b. at Hinsale, N. H., August 8, 1819;-d. at Glen Cove, October 17, 1897. He studied at Harvard but defective eyesight forced him to leave before graduating. In 1842 he joined the Brook Farm Community at Roxbury, Ma . With George was managing editor of the New York Tribune, 1847-61. He was appointed A istant Secretary of War under Lincoln. In 1866 he edited the Chicago Republican and four years later bought an interest in the New York Sun, becoming editor and proprietor until his death. With George Ripley, he edited Applet on’s American Encyclopedia completed in 1863, revised 1871-77. Author of Life of Grant, 1868; Art of Newspaper Making, 1895; Lincoln and ae Cabinet, 1896; and Recollections, 97.