Author: Dennis Hart Mahan
Alternate names: D. H. Mahan
Born: 2 Apr 1802
Died: 16 Sep 1871
Bio: Dennis Hart Mahan (April 2, 1802 – September 16, 1871) was an American military theorist, civil engineer and professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1824 to 1871. He was the father of American naval historian and theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan.