What is David Dixon Porter?
{{Infobox military person | name = David Dixon Porter | image = David Dixon Porter - Mathew Brady's National Photographic Art Gallery.jpg | caption = Porter in the 1860s, during the American Civil War | birth_date = {{birth date|1813|6|8}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1891|2|13|1813|6|8}} | placeofburial_label = | birth_place = [[Chester, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | placeofburial = [[Arlington National Cemetery]], Arlington County, [[Virginia]], U.S. | nickname = | allegiance = {{flag|Mexico|1823}}<br />{{flag|United States|name=United States of America|1891}} *{{Flagicon image|U.S. flag (35 stars).svg|size=23px}} [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] | branch = {{navy|Mexico|1823}}<br />{{flag|United States Navy|1891}} *{{flagdeco|United States Navy|1865}} [[Union Navy]] | serviceyears = 1825–1828 (Mexico)<br />1829–1891 (US) | rank = [[Midshipman]] (Mexico)<br />[[File:USN Admiral rank insignia.jpg|border|35px]] [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] (US) | unit = | commands = [[List of Superintendents of the United States Naval Academy|Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy]]<br />[[Board of Inspection and Survey|Board of Inspection]] | battles = [[Mexican–American War]]<br />[[American Civil War]] | awards = | relations = | laterwork = ''Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War'' (1885) | signature = David Dixon Porter signature.svg }} '''David Dixon Porter''' (June 8, 1813 – February 13, 1891) was a [[United States Navy]] [[admiral (United States)|admiral]]. Porter helped improve the Navy as the [[List of Superintendents of the United States Naval Academy|Superintendent]] of the [[United States Naval Academy|U.S. Naval Academy]] after significant service in the [[American Civil War]]. He died at the age of 77 on the morning of February 13, 1891 of a