Dana, Charles Anderson

1819 - Charles Anderson Dana was born on the 8th of August in Hinsdale, New Hampshire.

1831 - At the age of twelve he became a clerk in his uncle's general store at Buffalo.

1839 - He entered Harvard.

1841 - His impairment of his eyesight forced him to leave college.

1841-1846 - He lived at Brook Farm, where he was made one of the trustees of the farm.

1847 - He joined the staff of the New York Tribune.

1849 - Dana became its managing editor Tribune.

1857-1863 - With George Ripley he edited The New American Cyclopaedia.

1862 - The board of managers of the Tribune asked for Dana's resignation.

1864-1865 - Served as Second Assistant Secretary of War.

1865-1866 - Conducted the newly established and unsuccessful Chicago Republican.

1868 - Became the editor and part owner of the New York Sun.

1897 - He died on 17th of October.

• "Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth or the only truth."
• "When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news."