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Rear Admiral Richardson Clover (July 11, 1846 – October 14, 1919) was an officer of the United States Navy. An 1867 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he was a noted hydrographer, served as Director of Naval Intelligence, and commanded the gunboat during the Spanish–American War. He was socially prominent in Washington, D.C. and served as US Naval Attaché to Great Britain. He commanded the on the Asiatic Station and served as President of the Board of Inspection and Survey. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1907 and retired in 1908. ==Biography== Clover was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, son of Lewis Peter Clover and Sarah Ann Ackerman Clover. His father was an artist who later became an Episcopal minister, serving congregations in Virginia, New Jersey, Illinois, and New York. Richardson Clover was appointed to the United States Naval Academy from Missouri in July 1863 and graduated in 1867. His first posting was to the frigate ''Susquehanna''.〔John Howard Brown, Rossiter Johnson (1904) ("Clover, Richardson" ) ''The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans'' unpaged. The Biographical Society〕〔Lewis Randolph Hamersly (1894) ("Richardson Clover" ) ''The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps'', p. 160. L.R. Hamersly Co.〕 Clover had a varied career in the service including several hydrographic assignments. He served on the Coast Survey steamer on the Pacific coast 1874–77, and had a brief assignment to the Naval Hydrographic Office. He was again assigned to the Coast Survey in 1881, first in the Washington office and then commanding the schooner ''Palinurus'' surveying Long Island Sound. He supervised construction of the steamer and became her first commander. Under Clover, the ''Patterson'' sailed to California by way of the Straits of Magellan and subsequently made surveys in southeastern Alaska in 1885, covering the north shore of Dixon Entrance (except for Cordova Bay), and Clarence Strait as far north as Union Bay. He remained in charge of the ''Patterson'' and the Southeast Alaska survey until he was relieved by A.S Snow in March 1886.〔〔Lewis Randolph Hamersly (1902) ("Richardson Clover" ) ''The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps'', p. 143. L.R. Hamersly Co.〕〔''New York Times'' January 16, 1884, Page 8. ("THE NEW COAST SURVEY STEAMER.; LAUNCH OF A VESSEL FOR THE ALASKAN COAST SURVEY." )〕〔(Through the straits of Magellan on the Patterson ) NOAA〕〔Baker, Marcus (1906) (''Geographic Dictionary of Alaska'', ed 2 ) ''United States Geological Survey Bulletin 299''〕〔United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. (''REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE US COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK'', Fiscal year 1886 ) Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887 p 141〕 Following a year's leave accompanying his marriage, Clover was posted to the torpedo station at Newport and then attended the Naval War College from September 1887 until January 1888. Subsequently he was posted as Navigator on the , then as Executive officer on the from December 1888 to December 1889. During this period ''Dolphin'' completed her round-the-world cruise.〔〔 He returned to the Naval Hydrographic Office in 1889. He became Acting Hydrographer in September 1890 and was formally appointed Hydrographer (''i.e.'', head of the office) in May 1891, accompanying his appointment as Lieutenant Commander. He was appointed one of the initial members, and secretary, of the Board on Geographic Names in 1890. He continued as Hydrographer until 1893.〔〔〔''New York Times'' June 4, 1891 "LIEUT. CLOVER'S PROMOTION"〕〔Smithsonian Institution, William Jones Rhees ("GEOGRAPHIC NAMES December 23 1891 Senate" ) ''The Smithsonian Institution: documents relative to its origin and ..., V 2''〕〔 * ''New York Times'' January 4, 1891, P 20 "HOW UNCLE SAM WILL SPELL"〕 Clover served on the Phythian Board on the reorganization of the Navy. Subsequently he was posted to the cruiser , serving as Executive Officer under Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, author of ''The Influence of Sea Power upon History''. In December 1895, he was appointed to the Board revising Naval Regulations. Subsequently he commanded the in 1896-7.〔〔〔''New York Times'' March 24, 1895 Page 2 (THE CHICAGO HOME AGAIN; An Eventful Cruise in European Waters by the White Ship )〕〔''New York Times'' December 12, 1895, P 10 "HERBERT IS DETERMINED; Bureau Chiefs Must Not Assume the Secretary's Duties"〕 Clover was appointed Chief Intelligence Officer of the Office of Naval Intelligence from November 1897 to May 1898 and then again from October 1898 to February 1900. While on his first term as Chief Intelligence Officer, then-Cmdr. Clover was also member of the War and Strategy Board established by the Secretary of the Navy John D. Long to provide him with operational and strategic advice. Also on that board was Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt. In the period leading up to the Spanish–American War, Clover organized intelligence-gathering efforts to establish the location, condition, and order of battle of the Spanish naval forces. These efforts included espionage as well as the more usual compilation of information from open and diplomatic channels. However, when the war started, Clover left his position to take an active combat position as commanding officer of the gunboat from May to September 1898.〔〔〔(Directors of Naval Intelligence ) Navy Department Library, NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER〕〔(Members of the Naval War Board ) NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER〕〔Spencer C. Tucker (2009) (''The Encyclopedia of the Spanish–American and Philippine–American Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History, V 1'' ) pp 402, 432. ABC-CLIO ISBN 1-85109-951-4, ISBN 978-1-85109-951-1〕 After his stint on the ''Bancroft'' Clover resumed his duties as Chief Intelligence Officer until February 1900, then was reassigned as the Naval Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in London from April 1900 to June 1903 He was promoted to captain on April 11, 1902. After a short hiatus at home he became the commanding officer of the battleship from January 1904 to December 1905, while for most of this time also serving as Chief-of-Staff of the Asiatic Fleet. Then after a one-year hiatus he became a member, then the president of the Board of Inspection and Survey from February 1907 to July 1908, during which he was promoted to rear admiral. He retired on July 11, 1908.〔〔〔〔(''Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States'' ) 1906, 1908 Government Printing Office, Washington〕〔(History of the Board of Inspection and Survey ) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, U.S. Navy〕〔''New York Times'' October 16, 1919, P 14 "ADMIRAL CLOVER DIES ON TRAIN IN WYOMING"〕 Clover died on October 14, 1919, in Wyoming while en route from San Francisco, California to Washington, D.C.〔 He is buried with his wife in Arlington National Cemetery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richardson Clover」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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