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Dana (CHARLES ANDERSON an American)

CHARLES ANDERSON, an American journalist; born in Hinsdale, N. H., Aug. 8, 1819. He entered Harvard in 1839, but did not graduate. In 1842 he was a member of the Brook Farm Community, in Roxbury, Mass., remaining there only two years. From 1844 to 1847 he edited "The Harbinger," his associates being George Ripley, Parke Goodwin, and John S. Dwight. In 1847 he became managing editor of the New York "Tribune," with which he remained until 1861. In 1855, in connection with George Ripley, he projected and edited Appleton's "American Encyclopædia" in 16 volumes, which was completed in 1863, and revised in 1873-1877. He also edited a number of other works. From 1862 to 1865 he was in the service of the United States Government, during the last two years as Assistant Secretary of War under President Lincoln. About the beginning of 1866 he became editor of the Chicago "Republican," a daily paper. In 1868 he purchased an interest in the New York "Sun," also a daily, of which he was editor and chief proprietor until his death, Oct. 17, 1897. He was a man of forcible character and impressed his personality upon his paper.