airlines. The nearest airports providing scheduled passenger service are Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in Rhode Island, and Bradley International Airport in Hartford. Notable people Robert G. Albion (1896–1983), influential maritime historian who died in Groton Brian Anderson (born 1976), professional skateboarder James Avery (1620–1700), captain of the New London militia company during King Philip's War Waightstill Avery (1741–1821), North Carolina politician, soldier in the American Revolutionary War, participant in a duel with Andrew Jackson James Cook Ayer (1818–1878), patent medicine businessman and industrialist Anna Warner Bailey (1758–1851), popular revolutionary hero Ambrose Burfoot (born 1946), marathoner who grew up in Groton Latham A. Burrows, former State Senator Lorenzo Burrows, former US Congressman Dave Campo, NFL coach and a graduate of Fitch Senior High School Nathan Daboll (1780–1863), politician, judge, textbook author, and almanac publisher Silas Deane (1737–1789), delegate to the Continental Congress and the United States' first foreign diplomat; born in Groton Jesse Hahn (born 1989), Oakland Athletics Pitcher, and a graduate of Fitch Senior High School George Hall, Arena Football League player, 2008, graduate of Fitch Senior High School Matt Harvey (born 1989), New York Mets Pitcher, graduate of Fitch Senior High School John J. Kelley (1930–2011), winner of the 1957 Boston Marathon, member of two U.S. Olympic marathon teams Husband E. Kimmel (1882–1968), U.S. Navy admiral and commander of the Pacific Fleet at the time of attack on Pearl Harbor, died in Groton John Ledyard (1751–1789), international explorer born in Groton William Ledyard (1738–1781), commander of Fort Griswold and killed in the attack on it Fran Mainella, National Park Service Director, 2001–2006, graduate of Fitch Senior High School Paul Menhart, former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher, graduate of Fitch Senior High School Lou Palazzi (1921–2007), NFL player and umpire born in Groton Thomas Rogers (1792–1856), builder of innovative locomotives, born in Groton Samuel Seabury (1729–1796), first American Episcopal bishop, born in Groton Elijah F. Smith, 8th mayor of Rochester, New York Tookoolito (1838–1876), famous Inuit guide to Arctic explorers, lived in Groton and is buried there in the Starr Burying Ground Cassin Young (1894–1942), U.S. Navy officer awarded the Medal of Honor Points of interest Branford House and Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art Fort Griswold Groton Monument, one of the oldest obelisks in the United States Gungywamp archaeological site New London Ledge Light Pequot Fort Jabez Smith House U.S. Navy Submarine Force Library and Museum, including Edward