John Saumarez Dumaresq, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Saumarez Dumaresq

Australian admiral

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1873

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 22-Jul-1922

Profession: naval officer

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Rear Admiral John Saumarez Dumaresq ( duu-MERR-ik; 26 October 1873 – 22 July 1922) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
He served during the First World War but is most remembered as an inventor, for development of the device named after him, the Dumaresq, which helped users calculate the rate at which the range to an enemy ship was changing over time.
He was the first Australian born officer to command the Australian Fleet.