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Dennis Hart Mahan (Mă-hăn) [məˈhæn] (April 2, 1802 – September 16, 1871) was a noted American military theorist, civil engineer and professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1824–1871.
Dennis Mahan. Civil War Defenses of Washington. Portrait of Dennis Hart Mahan by Robert Wier. Quick Facts. Significance: Instructor in fortifications and strategy at United States Military Academy. Place of Birth: New York City, NY. Date of Birth: April 2, 1802. Place of Death: Stoney Point, NY. Date of Death: September 16, 1871. Place of Burial:
Prof. Mahan was a renowned educator of military and civil engineering and the author of several widely-used engineering textbooks. He was one of the original fifty founding members of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dennis Hart Mahan (1802-1871) taught military strategy and engineering at West Point for nearly forty years. He influenced many Civil War commanders, especially Ulysses S. Grant, who applied his ideas of limited warfare and maneuver.
By special favor of the French Ministry of War Lieutenant Mahan was allowed to join the Military School of Application for Engineers and Artillerists at Metz, where he remained for more than a year, under the instruction of men whose names were then, and are now, widely known in science.
His father, Dennis Hart Mahan, actually introduced the study of Jomini, a major Napoleonic War strategist, to the Army during his pre-Civil War tenure at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Many major Civil War campaigns were fought under Jomini’s strategic principles.
Mǝˈhæn. (1802–71) military engineer and theorist, born in New York City. Mahan reformed the teaching of engineering at the U.S. Military Academy, where he spent nearly all of his career ... From: Mahan, Dennis Hart in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ».
