John Mercer Brooke

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John Mercer Brooke was a 19th-century American naval officer and inventor best known for his work in naval ordnance and for designing the ironclad warship CSS Virginia for the Confederate States Navy.

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John Mercer Brooke canonical 4

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instanceOf human ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
allegiance Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
areaOfInfluence Confederate naval technology ⓘ
ironclad warship design ⓘ
naval gunnery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
designed CSS Virginia ⓘ
Confederate ironclad warships ⓘ
developed Brooke rifle ⓘ
deep-sea sounding apparatus used for Atlantic cable surveys ⓘ
employer Confederate States Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
familyName Brooke ⓘ
fieldOfWork naval engineering ⓘ
naval ordnance ⓘ
oceanography ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
Mercer ⓘ
knownFor designing the ironclad CSS Virginia ⓘ
developing a deep-sea sounding device ⓘ
developing rifled naval guns for the Confederacy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch Confederate States Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
name John Mercer Brooke ⓘ
notableAchievement contributed to laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable through sounding work ⓘ
notableWork design of the ironclad warship CSS Virginia ⓘ
development of naval ordnance for the Confederate States Navy ⓘ
occupation educator ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
participatedIn American Civil War ⓘ
positionHeld professor at Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Confederate States Navy → notableCommander → John Mercer Brooke ⓘ
John Mercer Brooke → name → John Mercer Brooke ⓘ
Brooke rifle → designer → John Mercer Brooke ⓘ
Brooke rifle → namedAfter → John Mercer Brooke ⓘ