Uriah P. Levy
✓ Source-basedrisingUnited States commodore (1792-1862)
United StatesLived 1792 to 1862 · aged 69Fame46.2
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Uriah Phillips Levy was a naval officer, real estate investor, and philanthropist. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and the first Jewish Commodore of the United States Navy.
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Uriah Phillips Levy was a naval officer, real estate investor, and philanthropist. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and the first Jewish Commodore of the United States Navy. He was instrumental in helping to end the Navy's practice of flogging, and during his half-century-long service prevailed against the antisemitism he faced among some of his fellow naval officers.
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Lived 1792 to 1862 · aged 69
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