birth_date: 1813-10-25 00:00:00
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name: William Lewis Herndon
about: William Lewis Herndon led a United States expedition to the Valley of the Amazon IN 1851. He died while serving as commander of the Atlantic Mail Steamship Company steamer SS Central America during a hurricane going down with his ship. His brother erected the Herndon Memorial on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis
death_date: 1857-09-12 00:00:00