MOC Persons
All biographical notes. Any person, any era, any civilization.
Subdomains
- Military_Commanders_Index — admirals, generals, commanders across all navies and armies
- Political_Leaders_Index — monarchs, prime ministers, emperors, revolutionaries
- Scientists_Inventors_Index — natural philosophers, engineers, navigators, physicians
- Cultural_Figures_Index — artists, writers, propagandists, clergy
- Other_Notable_Index — merchants, spies, diarists, ordinary people who left a record
Key Notes
Military Commanders — Age of Sail
- Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview
- Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory
- Collingwood Cuthbert — Biography
- Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral
- Jervis John Earl St Vincent — Biography — Cape St Vincent 1797; Nelson’s patron
- Decrès Denis — French Naval Minister — October 1805 recall
- Gravina Federico — Spanish Admiral — Spanish Combined Fleet commander
- Córdova José de — Spanish Admiral — Spanish C-in-C, Cape St Vincent
- Calder Robert — British Admiral — Finisterre, 22 July 1805
- Stewart William — Lt-Col — Signal 39, Copenhagen
- Crown Prince Frederik — Denmark — accepted the Copenhagen truce
- Tsar Paul I of Russia — founded the Second League, December 1800
- Tsar Alexander I of Russia — withdrew after Copenhagen
- Pitt and Addington — Baltic Fleet 1801 — dispatch only; overflow
- Westcott George — British Captain — Majestic; killed at the Nile
- Latouche-Tréville Louis-René — French Admiral — Toulon commander until August 1804
- Hyde Parker — British Admiral — Baltic commander, Copenhagen 1801
- Brueys d’Aigalliers François-Paul — French Admiral — Nile; died in L’Orient
- Suffren — Indian Ocean 1782–83 — Villeneuve service only
- Fischer Olfert — Danish Commodore — Danish line at Copenhagen 1801
- Foley Thomas — British Captain — Goliath inside passage, Nile
- Berry Edward — British Captain — Vanguard flag captain, Nile
- Troubridge Thomas — British Captain — Culloden leading the line, Cape St Vincent
- Rotheram Edward — Captain HMS Royal Sovereign — Trafalgar flag captain; posting only
- Suckling Maurice — Captain — Nelson uncle-entry only
Cultural Figures — Age of Sail
- Hamilton Emma — Biography — first filled cultural-figures note; affair and Trafalgar death-wish only
Other Notable — Age of Sail
- Eshelby Thomas — Surgeon HMS Theseus — Tenerife amputation, 24 July 1797
- George Collingwood — Hanged at Liverpool 1716 — hanging only; overflow
- James Atcherley — Took Villeneuve’s Sword — sword-taking only; overflow
Scientists — Age of Sail
- Sané Jacques-Noël — French Naval Architect — Téméraire-class designer
- Wilkinson John — Iron Founder — 1770s boring credit only
Atomic Notes — Nelson
Stubs Awaiting Research
Open Questions
Sources of Record
- @white2005nelson — Nelson’s letters
- @adkin2005trafalgar — Trafalgar reference
- @beatty1807nelson — Nelson’s death (eyewitness)
- @hughes1957collingwood — Collingwood’s private correspondence