Richard Henry Dana Jr.

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:California
gptkb:New_England
gptkbp:born August 1, 1815
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Mount_Auburn_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Richard_Henry_Dana_III
gptkbp:contributedTo Legal reform
Literature
Maritime history
gptkbp:died January 6, 1882
gptkbp:famousFor Social commentary
Historical accounts
Travel narratives
gptkbp:hasWritten Sailing
Social justice
Labor rights
California_coast
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Richard Henry Dana Jr.
gptkbp:influenced Maritime law
American_literature
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Henry_David_Thoreau
gptkb:Herman_Melville
gptkb:Nathaniel_Hawthorne
gptkbp:inspiration Environmental movements
Future writers
Sailors' rights movements
gptkbp:knownFor Advocacy for sailors' rights
Descriptive travel writing
gptkbp:members gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkbp:nationality American
White_American
gptkbp:notableWork Two Years Before the Mast
gptkbp:occupation Lawyer
Writer
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Richard_Henry_Dana_Sr.
gptkb:Mary_Elizabeth_Dana
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Rome,_Italy
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:American_Romanticism
Cultural history
Cultural studies
Historical fiction
Human rights advocacy
Literary criticism
Transcendentalism
Travel literature
Art criticism
Legal history
Social history
Literary movements
Philosophical writings
Political activism
Cultural movements
Ethnographic studies
Historical analysis
Geographical studies
Maritime culture
Civil rights advocacy
Labor history
19th-century literature
Sociological studies
Memoir writing
Cultural criticism
Narrative non-fiction
Environmental history
Historical movements
California_history
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Elizabeth_Dana