How to Pronounce George Farragut
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Sep 30, 1755 Ciutadella de Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Died on 04 Jun 1817 (aged 61)
American Naval officer
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About George Farragut
- Jordi Farragut Mesquida, known in The United States as George Farragut (born September 29 or September 30, 1755 – June 4, 1817), was a Spanish-born American naval officer during the American Revolutionary War.
- He also fought with the Continental Army in battles in the South.
- After commanding a Spanish trading ship in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, he had joined the South Carolina Navy as a lieutenant when the war broke out.
- He anglicized his Catalan name (Jordi) to George Farragut when he joined the South Carolina Navy.
