Belknap

George Eugene, an American naval officer, born in Newport, N. H., Jan. 22, 1832; was appointed midshipman in the navy in 1852, rose to Rear-Admiral in 1889; and was retired in 1894, He took part in the capture of the Barrier forts on the Canton river, China, in 1856; and in the Civil War. In 1873, while engaged in deep sea sounding in the North Pacific Ocean, he made discoveries concerning the bed of the ocean that found high favor among scientists. He was appointed Superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory in 1885. He died in 1903.