Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers [SEP] occupation
Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers
Rear Admiral Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers (4 November 1819 – 8 January 1892) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, as Superintendent of the Naval Academy, President of the United States Naval Institute, and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron.
Biography.
Biography Background.
Rodgers was born in Brooklyn, New York, into a naval family. His father, George Washington Rodgers, was a Navy
Raymond P. R. Neilson
Raymond Perry Rodgers Neilson (1881–1964) was an American painter.
Early life and education.
Neilson was born in New York into a naval family, the grandson of Rear Admiral Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1905, before joining the Navy. After suffering from ill health, he resigned in 1908 and began to study painting.
After re-joining the Navy in World War I and serving in London, Neilson began study at Boston's School