William Pope McArthur | |
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Born | Ste. Genevieve, Missouri | April 2, 1814
Died | December 23, 1850 At sea | (aged 36)
Service | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1832–1850 |
Rank | Lieutenant commander |
Unit | U.S. Coast Survey |
Commands | USS Consort US survey schooner Ewing |
Battles / wars | Second Seminole War |
Relations | Clifton N. McArthur & Lewis Linn McArthur (sons), Lewis A. McArthur (grandson), Lewis L. McArthur (great grandson) |
William Pope McArthur (April 2, 1814 – December 23, 1850) was an American naval officer and hydrologist who was involved in the first surveys of the Pacific Coast for the United States Coast Survey.