David Dixon Porter
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United States Navy admiral (1813-1891)
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Within Vinony's link graph, David Dixon Porter is referenced by 1,227 other articles, and connects out to Benjamin Franklin Butler, Union blockade and William Tecumseh Sherman.
Vinony files it under 1813 births, 1891 deaths and Burials at Arlington National Cemetery.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
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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Connections
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New Orleans
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American Civil War
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Categories
1813 births1891 deathsBurials at Arlington National CemeteryCommanders of the USS ConstitutionPeople from Chester, PennsylvaniaPeople of Pennsylvania in the American Civil WarPeople of the Dominican War of IndependencePorter familySuperintendents of the United States Naval AcademyUnion navy admiralsUnited States Navy admiralsUnited States Navy personnel of the Mexican–American War