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Dana (RICHARD HENRY the Elder)

RICHARD HENRY, the Elder, an American poet and essayist; born in Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 15, 1787.

His lectures on Shakespeare's characters, delivered in the principal cities of the Atlantic coast (1839-1840), awakened a deep public interest. His principal poems are: "The Change of Home" (1824); "The Dying Raven" (1825); "The Buccaneers" (1827). To a periodical publication "The Idle Man" (N. Y., 1821-1822), of which he was editor, he contributed critical papers and several short stories; among them "Paul Fenton" and "Edward and Mary." He died Feb. 2, 1879.