Richard Dana

Richard Dana may refer to:

  • Richard Dana (lawyer) (1699–1772), American lawyer and politician, father of Francis Dana,
  • Richard Henry Dana, Sr. (1787–1879), American poet and author, son of Francis Dana and father of Richard Henry Dana Jr.,
  • Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815–1882), American lawyer and author, son of Richard Henry Dana Sr. and father of Richard Henry Dana III,
  • Richard Henry Dana III, American lawyer, son of Richard Henry Dana, Jr.; married Edith Longfellow, daughter of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Famous quotes containing the word richard:

    “So on we worked, and waited for the light,
    And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
    And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
    Went home and put a bullet through his head.”
    —Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)