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   Rev. Elisha Mitchell<br>Birth names: Elisha MitchellProf. Elisha Mitchell<br>Also known as: Dr. Elisha MitchellRev. Elisha Mitchell<br>Gender: Male<br&gt;Birth: Aug 19 1793 - Washington, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States<br>Marriage: Spouse: Maria Sybil North - Nov 19 1819 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States<br>Residence: 1850 - Orange county, Orange, North Carolina, United States<br>Death: June 27 1857 - Mount Mitchell, Yancey, North Carolina, United States<br>Burial: 1858 - Mount Mitchell, Yancey, North Carolina, United States of America<br>Parents: Abner Mitchel, Phebe Mitchel (born Eliot)<br>Wife: Maria Sybil Mitchell (born North)<br>Children: Mary Phoebe Ashe (born Mitchell), Ellen Hannah Summerell (born Mitchell), Margaret Eliot Mitchell, Mathers Henry Mitchell, Eliza North Grant (born Mitchell), Charles Andrews Mitchell, Henry Eliot Mitchell<br>Siblings: Phoebe Mariah Taylor (born Mitchell), Elnathan Mitchell, Matthew Eliot Mitchell<br>  Additional information: TitleOfNobility:ProfessorLifeSketch:Elisha Mitchell (August 19, 1793 – June 27, 1857) was an American educator, geologist and Presbyterian minister. His geological studies led to the identification of North Carolina's Mount Mitchell as the highest peak east of the Mississippi River.gton, Connecticut. He was graduated from Yale University in 1813, where he studied under chemist Benjamin Silliman, whose courses would shape his own teaching career.rth Carolina with which he would be primarily associated for the rest of his life. In addition to teaching, Mitchell also served as the university's bursar, accountant, and acting president at various times; he also led chapel services, as he had been ordained by the Presbytery of Orange in Hillsborough, NC, in 1821.olina in 1828 and observed a peak in the Black Mountains he believed to be higher than Grandfather Mountain, at that time thought to be the highest in the region. In 1835, he first measured the height of this mountain, at the time known as Black Dome. Through subsequent measurements in 1838 and 1844, Mitchell proved it was higher than New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, establishing the peak as the highest above sea level in the Eastern US. challenged by state senator Thomas Clingman, a former student of Mitchell’s. He was originally buried in Asheville, but was reinterred in a tomb on the mountain in 1858. In 1881–82 the U.S. Geological Survey upheld Mitchell’s measurements and officially named his peak Mt. Mitchell. At 6,684 feet or 2,037 metres high, Mt. Mitchell is the highest point east of the Mississippi River.nal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, published by the North Carolina Academy of Science, was founded in his honor in 1883. obelisk memorializing him at his grave site atop Mt. Mitchell. On January 1st, 1915, high winds destroyed the monument. It was replaced 13 years later by the funeral cairn and plaque currently marking his tomb. "University" is misspelled on the plaque.eighbouring Yancey County.l philosophy at the University of North Carolina in 1817. Mitchell was ordained as a minister of the Presbyterian Church in 1821. During times away from the classroom, Mitchell conducted survey's of the local fauna in the Chapel Hill area. Geology also was numbered as one of his interests, and he was later named Professor of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology. He was named faculty president of UNC following the death of then president, Joseph Caldwell. At times he also served as a justice of the peace and village commissioner for Chapel Hill. The White Mountains in New England were considered the highest in eastern America then. Some of the mountains in NC appeared higher. In 1835, Mitchell (as state surveyor) undertook an expedition to the mountains of western North Carolina. Using a barometer, measurements were taken of various peaks and he determined that the highest mountain peak in the United States, east of the Mississippi River was located in the Black Mountain Range. Other trips in the later 1830's and 1840's confirmed that "Black Dome" was highest. After a public debate with future Confederate general Thomas Clingman, who was one of his former students at UNC, about who measured the peak first, Mitchell returned to the Black Mountains in the summer of 1857 to check his data and take new measurements. While traversing the mountain in the late evening, Mitchell slipped and fell into a waterfall and drowned. He was later credited with the discovery and the mountain was named after him: Mount Mitchell, 6,684 feet. He is buried on the summit near the observation tower. A stone bier/cairn with plaque marks the gravesite.f Respect to His Memory

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Historische gebeurtenissen

• Geboortedag 19 augustus 1793
• Trouwdag 19 november 1819
• Dag van overlijden 27 juni 1857

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• Ook overleden op 27 juni

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