David Dixon Porter
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United States Navy admiral (1813-1891)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War
- The Naval History of the Civil War
- Memoir of Commodore David Porter, of the United States Navy
- Memoir of Commodore David Porter
- Allan Dare and Robert Le Diable: A Romance
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Porter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chester
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Father
- David Porter
- Sibling
- William D. Porter
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- Mexican-American War
- Military branch
- Union Navy
- Military rank
- admiral
- Image
- David Dixon Porter - Mathew Brady's National Photographic Art Gallery.jpg
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- Commons category
- David Dixon Porter
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1813-06-08
- date of death
- 1891-02-13
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- United States Navy
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
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