Charles Anderson Dana

Charles Anderson Dana (August 8, 1819 – October 17, 1897) was an American journalist, author, and senior government official. He was a top aide to Horace Greeley and the managing editor of the powerful New-York Tribune. In 1868 he became the editor and part-owner of The New York Sun. As editor of The Sun, he published the famous story "The Secret of The Sainted Heart" in 1890. In 1895 he wrote that "we are in the midst of a growing sport," in reference to the fight between black and white boxing fighters. It was the beginning of the First World War and ended the U.S. involvement in the conflict. He died in 1897, shortly before his 75th birthday.