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1794, Apr 10 1809-1857 1858, Mar 4
a Commodore of the United States Navy and commanded a number of ships. He served in several wars, most notably in the Mexican–American War and the War of 1812. He played a leading role in the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854. Perry was very concerned with the education of naval officers and helped develop an apprentice system that helped establish the curriculum at the United States Naval Academy. With the advent of the steam engine, he became a leading advocate of modernizing the US Navy and came to be considered The Father of the Steam Navy in the United States.
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Matthew C. Perry 1794, Apr 10 1809
1857 1858, Mar 4
Louis Antoine de Bougainville 1729, Nov 12 1753 1811 1811, Aug 31 a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook, he took part in... Albemarle Bertie 1755, Jan 20 1760 1812 1824, Feb 24 a long-serving and at the time controversial officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive ... William Bligh 1754, Sep 9 1761 1814 1817, Dec 7 an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best remembered for the ... Joachim Murat 1767, Mar 25 1790 1815 1815, Oct 13 a Marshal of France and Admiral of France under the reign of Napoleon. He was also the 1st Prince... Sir John Duckworth 1748, Feb 9 1759 1817 1817, Aug 31 an officer of the Royal Navy, serving during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independen... Jose de Bustamante y Guerra 1759, Apr 1 1770 1817 1825, Mar 10 a Spanish naval officer, explorer, and politician. With Alessandro Malaspina, they proposed to t... Joshua Barney unknown 1759 1818 unknown an American Navy officer who served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War. He late... Stephen Decatur Jr. 1779, Jan 5 1790 1819 1820, Mar 22 a United States naval officer and commodore notable for his naval victories in the early 19th cen... Alexander Murray 1755, Jul 12 1773 1821 1821, Oct 6 an officer who served in the Continental Navy, the Continental Army, and later the United States ... Luis Brion 1782, Jul 6 1806 1821 1821, Sep 27 a military officer who fought in the Venezuelan War of Independence. He rose to the rank of admir... William Howard Allen 1790, Jul 8 1808 1822 1822, Nov a Lieutenant in the United States navy, and a native of the city of Hudson. While a child, he w... Manuel Quimper 1757 1770 1829 1844, Apr a Spanish Peruvian explorer, cartographer, naval officer, and colonial official. He participated ... Captain Antonio el Majorcam unknown 1820 1829 unknown At one time an officer in the Spanish Navy. Became a notorious West Indian pirate, but about 1824... Jose Maria Narvaez 1768 1780 1831 1840, Aug 4 a Spanish naval officer, explorer, and navigator notable for his work in the Gulf Islands and Low... Cayetano Valdes y Flores 1767 1782 1833 1835 a commander of the Spanish Navy, explorer, and captain general who served in the French Revolutio... Sir George Back 1796, Nov 6 1808 1839 1878, Jun 23 a British naval officer, explorer of the Canadian Arctic, naturalist and artist. As a boy, he wen... James Clark Ross 1800, Apr 15 1818 1849 1862, Apr 3 a British naval officer and explorer remembered today for his exploration of the Arctic (in the H... Edward Boys 1749 1796 1851 1866 an English sea captain. In 1803, Boys, when in charge of a prize, was made prisoner by the French... James Barron 1768, Sep 15 1798 1851 1851, Apr 21 an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the Quasi-War and the Barbary Wars, during whi... Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen 1778, Sep 9 1796 1852 1852, Jan 13 a Baltic-German officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer, ultimately rose ... Charles Wilkes 1798, Apr 3 1830 1869 1877, Feb 8 an American naval officer and explorer. He led the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 ... Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra 1744, May 22 1770 188 1794, Mar 26 a Spanish naval officer born in Lima, Peru. Assigned to the Pacific coast Spanish Naval Departmen... Ernest Mouchez 1821, Aug 24 1843 1887 1892, Jun 29 a French naval officer who became director of the Paris Observatory and launched the ill-fated Ca...
