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Charles Henry Hitchcock
Charles Henry Hitchcock (August 23, 1836 – November 5, 1919[1] geologist .
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Hitchcock was born August 23, 1836, in Amherst, Massachusetts .[2] Edward Hitchcock (1793–1864) who was a professor of geology and natural theology and then president of Amherst College . His mother was Orra White Hitchcock , who illustrated much of his father's work. He graduated from Amherst College in 1856,[3] [2]
He was assistant state geologist of Vermont 1857-61 and state geologist of Maine 1861–62.[3] Royal School of Mines in London , examined fossils in the British Museum , and visited glaciers in Switzerland .[4] New Hampshire state geologist from 1868 to 1878. His survey produced a three volume report, and an atlas of maps. It was the first set of detailed maps of the geology of the state.[5] Mount Washington , the earliest high-mountain observatory in the United States.[3] American Philosophical Society in 1870.[6]
He taught at Dartmouth College in 1868 and from 1869 to 1908 held the Hall Professorship of Geology and Mineralogy.
He used the tetrahedral hypothesis which had been first published in 1875 by William Lowthian Green to explain the formation of the Earth's land masses.[7] Harvey Rexford Hitchcock (1800–1855), who was an early missionary to Hawaii .
This led to a publication of a book the volcanoes of Hawaii.[2]
Hitchcock was a founder of the Geological Society of America , and in 1883 vice-president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science .[3] University of North Carolina Herbarium.[8] Mount Hitchcock in California is named in his honor.[9]
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^ a b c d Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Hitchcock, Charles Henry" Encyclopedia Americana
^ "More on Charles Hitchcock" . Government Information Department, University of New Hampshire Library web site . University of New Hampshire . 2003. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2010 .
^ "Hitchcock Geologic Atlas" . Government Information Department, University of New Hampshire Library web site . University of New Hampshire . 2003. Retrieved August 3, 2010 .
^ "APS Member History" . search.amphilsoc.org . Retrieved 2021-04-27 .
^ Charles Henry Hitchcock (January 1900). Newton Horace Winchell (ed.). "William Lowthian Green and his Theory of the Evolution of the Earth's Features" . The American geologist . Vol. XXV. Geological Publishing Company. pp. 1–10.
^ Carol Ann McCormick (May 2007). "Charles Henry Hitchcock" . Collectors of the UNC Herbarium . Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2010 .
^ "Mount Hitchcock" . Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2021-05-16 .
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