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Birth	:	18 Dec 1826 Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
Death	:	14 Dec 1906 Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Oak Grove Cemetery, Lexington, Lexington City, USA
Coordinate	:	37.7808300, -79.4450600
Description	:	Confederate States Naval Commander, Inventor, Professor. He was born at an army base near Tampa, Florida. He entered the United States Navy as a midshipman in 1841 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1847. As a result of his surveying work, he invented a deep-sea sounding apparatus for mapping the ocean bottom. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1855, he was using his invention to survey North Pacific waters when the Civil War began. Resigning his commission on April 20, 1861, he entered the Virginia state navy, then the Confederate navy, with the rank of Lieutenant. Early in June,... Read More	Confederate States Naval Commander, Inventor, Professor. He was born at an army base near Tampa, Florida. He entered the United States Navy as a midshipman in 1841 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1847. As a result of his surveying work, he invented a deep-sea sounding apparatus for mapping the ocean bottom. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1855, he was using his invention to survey North Pacific waters when the Civil War began. Resigning his commission on April 20, 1861, he entered the Virginia state navy, then the Confederate navy, with the rank of Lieutenant. Early in June, he met with Secretary of the Navy Stephen R. Mallory to discuss the possible use of ironclads. After he assured Mallory that the South was capable of building its own, the secretary appointed him his inspecting officer for the conversion of the USS Merrimack into an armored ship. He found that armor placed at an angle of about 38 degrees from the horizontal offered good protection against projectiles traveling along a flat trajectory. With this discovery, the Merrimack could become the CSS Virginia, the South's first ironclad. During the project, friction developed when the ship's constructor, John L. Porter, claimed credit for the Virginia's design. Though Mallory interceded to credit him, he loss of interest in the ironclad program. Promoted to Commander on September 13, 1862, he became chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography in March 1863, an office he held until war's end. He also was the inventor of the Brooke Rife. After the war, he was professor of physics and astronomy at the Virginia Military Institute until 1899.

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John Mercer Brooke Famous memorial's memorial is located at: Oak Grove Cemetery, Lexington, Lexington City, USA.
When did John Mercer Brooke Famous memorial death?
John Mercer Brooke Famous memorial death on 14 Dec 1906 in Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 37.7808300
Longitude: -79.4450600

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Kate Corbin Brooke

(1839 - 1919)

Children

Anna Maria Brooke

(1856 - 1885)

COL George Mercer Brooke

(1875 - 1945)

Richard Corbin Brooke

(1878 - 1879)

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