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Royal Navy admiral (1762-1820)

United Kingdom ScientistsLived 1762 to 1820 · aged 57

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Rear-Admiral of the White Sir Home Riggs Popham, KCB, KCH, was a Royal Navy officer and politician who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

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Rear-Admiral of the White Sir Home Riggs Popham, KCB, KCH, was a Royal Navy officer and politician who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is known for his scientific accomplishments, particularly the development of a signal code that was adopted by the Royal Navy in 1803.

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