Richard Henry Dana Jr.

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Richard Henry Dana Jr. was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and author best known for his memoir "Two Years Before the Mast," which vividly recounts his experiences as a common sailor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
politician
buriedIn Mount Auburn Cemetery NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1815-08-01
dateOfDeath 1882-01-06
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard Law School
employer Boston bar
ethnicGroup Yankee
familyName Dana NERFINISHED
father Richard Henry Dana Sr. NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork abolitionism
maritime law
genre memoir
travel literature
givenName Richard
knownFor Two Years Before the Mast NERFINISHED
advocacy against flogging in the U.S. Navy
defending sailors in court
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Massachusetts House of Representatives NERFINISHED
movement abolitionist movement
notableFor firsthand account of life as a common sailor in the 1830s
notableWork Two Years Before the Mast NERFINISHED
occupation author
lawyer
politician
sailor
participantIn American Civil War era politics
Fugitive slave cases
placeOfBirth Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Rome, Italy NERFINISHED
positionHeld United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts (nominee) NERFINISHED
religion Unitarianism
represented Anthony Burns NERFINISHED
residence Boston, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Sarah Watson NERFINISHED
workLocation Boston, Massachusetts
wrote Speeches in Stirring Times NERFINISHED
The Seaman's Friend NERFINISHED
To Cuba and Back NERFINISHED
Two Years Before the Mast NERFINISHED

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Two Years Before the Mast (film) basedOnAuthor Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Dana Point, California namedAfter Richard Henry Dana Jr.