Educator; born in
Kent county, Del., Aug. 17, 1814; graduated at the United States Military Academy and assigned to the
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artillery in 1836, and after serving in the. Seminole War resigned and engaged in farming till 1841.
Subsequently he was appointed
Professor of Mathematics at the
United States Naval Academy; served on the frigate
United States at the capture of
Monterey, Cal., in October, 1842.
Returning, he served at the naval asylum in
Philadelphia until 1845, when he became
Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy in the Naval Academy; was transferred to the chair of Field Artillery and Infantry Tactics in 1851, and occupied the chair of Astronomy and Gunnery till 1866.
During the
Civil War he served both on land and sea, entering the
Union army as colonel of the 1st Delaware Regiment and rising to brigadier-general of volunteers.
In 1864 he commanded the Middle Department, with . headquarters at
Baltimore.
He was mustered out of the volunteer service at the close of the war, and returned to the Naval Academy, where he was
Professor of Natural Philosophy till 1871.
In 1871-76 he served at the
National Observatory; and in the latter year was retired.
Professor Lockwood has written several books on naval subjects, and is author of
Manual for naval batteries;
Exercises in small-arms and field artillery arranged for naval service, etc.
