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ADMIRAL ALFRED THAYER MAHAN REAR ADMIRAL ALFRED THAYER MAHAN WAS BORN 27 SEPTEMBER 1840, AT WEST POINT ON THE HLDSON RIVER. HE WAS APPOINTED MIDSHIPMAN ON 1-30 SEPTEMBER 1856. AND GRADUATED WITH SECOND HONORS FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1859. HE SERVED WITH THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AND WESTERN GULF BLOCKADING SQLIADRONS AND WAS ON THE STAFF OF ADMIRAL DAHLGREN, OFF CHARLESTON, DURING THE CIVIL WAR. IN 1885 HE WAS CALLED TO THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED NAVAL VVAR COLLEGE TO LECTURE ON TACTICS AND NAVAL HISTORY. AFTER LONG PREPARATION IN THE FALL OF 1886, MAHAN DELIVERED THE FIRST OF THE SERIES OF LECTURES THAT WERE TO BECOME WORLD FAMOUS AND WORLD CHANGING, FOLLOVVING THEIR PUB- LICATION IN 1890 AS THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POVVER UPON HISTORY, 1660- 1783 . HE PUBLISHED OTHER IMPORTANT BOOKS, BUT THIS FIRST CELE- BRATED ONE AWOKE THE VVORLD TO THE VAST IMPORTANCE OF SEAPOWER IN THE LIFE OF NATIONS AND IN WORLD HISTORY. COMING AT A TIME OF GREAT TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND OF THE RISE OF NEW POWERS TO CHALLENGE ENGLAND'S LONG LEADERSHIP AT SEA, THE BOOK HAS PRO- FOUND EFFECT UPON THE THINKING AND POLICIES OF MANY NATIONS. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE NAVAL IVAR COLLEGE, 1886-1892 AND 1892-1893. IN 1893 HE COMMANDED USS CHICAGO. WHILE SERVING IN THIS DUTY ON EUPOPEAN STATIONS, HE VVAS HONORED BY MANY DISTINGUISHED PERSONAGES OF EUROPE AND VVAS PRESENTED SEVERAL HONORARY DEGREES. HE RETURNED TO THE NAVAL VVAR COLLEGE IN 1895 AND RETIRED ON 17 NOVEMBER 1896. HE WAS RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR, AND THEREAFTER SERVED ON MANY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES. HE WAS PROMOTED TO REAR ADMIRAL ON 29 JUNE 1906. HE DIED AT WASHINGTON D. C. ON 1 DECEMBER 1914 AND IS BURIED AT QUOQUE, LONG ISLAND.