death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
mathews county , virginia 1776 -lrb- age 62 -rrb- scotland scottish c. 1714 founding -rrb- gosport navy yard -lrb- now norfolk naval shipyard andrew sprowle
 andrew sprowle merchant , naval agent
andrew sprowle

andrew sprowle -lrb- c. 1714 -- 1776 -rrb- was a merchant , british naval agent , and landowner in portsmouth , virginia , best known for establishing the gosport navy yard , which is currently known as norfolk naval shipyard .
sprowle emigrated from scotland to what is currently the commonwealth of virginia in the mid-18th century , where he lived until his death in 1776 .
