Elmer Belmont "Ned" Potter (27 December 1908 – 22 November 1997[1][2]) was an American historian and writer.
Born in Norfolk, Virginia to Judson Rice Potter, a grocer, and Fannie (née Beacham) Potter, he attended the University of Richmond, where he completed his B.A.
With the exception of three years service in the Pacific theater in 1943–45, Potter spent his entire career at the Naval Academy until he retired in 1977.
While at the Naval Academy he married Grace Brauer (8 August 1925 – 25 February 1997[3]), on 21 May 1954, with whom he had two daughters: Katherine Anne and Lorraine Frances.
Potter died of congestive heart failure in Annapolis, Maryland.