Dana, Charles Anderson : 1819-1897

Dana, Charles Anderson (1819-1897)
American journalist, was born at Hinsdale, New Hampshire.  From 1849 to 1862, he was managing editor of the New York Tribune and from 1863 to the close of the Civil War, was assistant secretary of war.  In 1868, he became part owner and editor in chief of the New York Sun, and for the remainder of his life continued the successful management of that paper in the interests of the Democratic party.  By his brilliant intellect, incisive style, and thorough knowledge of the art of newspaper making, he became one of the foremost journalists of his time.  Together with George Ripley he planned and edited the American Cyclopædia.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1780.

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