Daniel Dana
| Daniel Dana | |
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| 4th President of Dartmouth College | |
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In office 1820–1821 |
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| Preceded by | Francis Brown |
| Succeeded by | Bennet Tyler |
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| Born |
July 24, 1771 Ipswich, Massachusetts |
| Died | August 26, 1859 (aged 88) Newburyport, Massachusetts |
The Rev. Daniel Dana (July 24, 1771 – August 26, 1859) was a minister in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and president of Dartmouth College from 1820 to 1821. He graduated from Dartmouth in the class of 1788.
Dana was reluctant to take on the presidency of an institution so recently embattled following the Dartmouth College case. He was finally convinced by the Trustees to become the fourth president in the Wheelock Succession in 1820. Plagued by ill health and exhausted by the strain of the presidency, he resigned just one year later.
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