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Richard Henry Dana Jr.

1815 - 1882

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Richard Henry Dana Jr. (August 1, 1815 – January 6, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of a colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the classic American memoir Two Years Before the Mast and as the government's attorney in the Prize Cases. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Henry Dana Jr. has received more than 202,290 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Richard Henry Dana Jr. is the 5,803rd most popular writer (down from 5,178th in 2019), the 10,927th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,841st in 2019) and the 823rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 200k

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

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  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Henry Dana Jr. ranks 5,803 out of 5,755Before him are Bob Black, Marcus Furius Bibaculus, Joel Osteen, Thomas Heywood, Pia Tafdrup, and Thomas Percy. After him are Lauren Weisberger, Susan Glaspell, Patrick Kavanagh, Gregory Colbert, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, and Guillermo Martínez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Richard Henry Dana Jr. ranks 81Before him are Rufus Wilmot Griswold, William J. Hardee, Edward James Roye, Andrew Jackson Downing, James Seddon, and Hablot Knight Browne. After him are Howell Cobb and Alexander Ramsey. Among people deceased in 1882, Richard Henry Dana Jr. ranks 71Before him are Katarina Ivanović, James Spriggs Payne, Thomas Romney Robinson, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, James Challis, and Hablot Knight Browne. After him are Francis Maitland Balfour, Edward Bouverie Pusey, and Milton Latham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Henry Dana Jr. ranks 10,927 out of 18,182Before him are Kevin Michael Richardson (1964), David Paterson (1954), Virginia Weidler (1927), Michael Trevino (1985), Greg Bell (1930), and Duane Swanson (1913). After him are Chandler Riggs (1999), Robert Warwick (1878), Derek Mears (1972), Abraham Baldwin (1754), Lauren Weisberger (1977), and Susan Glaspell (1876).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Richard Henry Dana Jr. ranks 823Before him are Tom Wilson (1931), Helen Gurley Brown (1922), Cheryl Strayed (1968), Bill Prady (1960), Bob Black (1951), and Joel Osteen (1963). After him are Lauren Weisberger (1977), Susan Glaspell (1876), George Saunders (1958), Tillie Olsen (1912), Tana French (1973), and David McCullough (1933).