Proving Mt. Mitchell was highest mountain east of the Mississippi River. Acting President of the University of North Carolina
Scientific career
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Chemist, geologist
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University of North Carolina
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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 in the United States east of the Mississippi River.
ElishaMitchell (August 19, 1793 – June 27, 1857) was an American educator, geologist and Presbyterian minister. His geological studies led to the identification...
mountain Black Dome for its rounded shape. They later named it after ElishaMitchell, a professor at the University of North Carolina, who first explored...
a raised observation platform with 360 degree views. The grave of ElishaMitchell, the professor who first noted the mountain's height, is located at...
the ElishaMitchell Scientific Society 78(l):18-21. Burke, C. J. (1963). The hybrid nature of Quercus laurifolia. Journal of the ElishaMitchell Scientific...
Food and Feeding Habits of Some American Reptiles". Journal of the ElishaMitchell Scientific Society. 21 (4): 149–155. ISSN 0013-6220. Fitch, Henry S...
species of Trillium found in the southern Appalachians". Journal of the ElishaMitchell Scientific Society. 54 (2): 271–296. JSTOR 24332541. Case, Frederick...
Wells, B. W. (1929). "A new pyxie from North Carolina". Journal of the ElishaMitchell Scientific Society. 44 (2): 238–239. Higashi, Hiroyuki; Ikeda, Hajime;...
W. (July 1937). "Southern Appalachian Grass Balds". Journal of the ElishaMitchell Scientific Society. 53 (1): 1–26. Archived from the original on August...
species of Trillium found in the southern Appalachians". Journal of the ElishaMitchell Scientific Society. 54 (2): 271–296. JSTOR 24332541. Case, Frederick...
the leadership of Eliza Mitchell Grant and Margaret Eliot Mitchell, daughters of the scientist and educator ElishaMitchell. In 1917, the name of the...
"Notes on the lower basidiomycetes of North Carolina". Journal of the ElishaMitchell Scientific Society. 35: 113–182. Wu F, Zhao Q, Yang ZL, Ye SY, Rivoire...
unusual dark-spored agarics from North America" (PDF). Journal of the ElishaMitchell Scientific Society. 62 (2): 177–200. Nagy LG, Kocsubé S, Papp T, Vágvölgyi...
1935). Accessed 2023-06-24. Kenk, R. (1935). Studies on Virginian triclads. Journal of the ElishaMitchell Scientific Society, 51:79–125, plate 45. v t e...
of the genus Nuphar Sm. of North America and Europe. Journal of the ElishaMitchell Scientific Society 72: 317–346. "Plants Profile: Nuphar lutea". Natural...
Genus Clethra (Clethraceae) in the United States". Journal of the ElishaMitchell Scientific Society. 83 (2): 82–88. ISSN 0013-6220. "Flora of the Southeastern...
and Small Mammal Populations at Mount Mitchell North Carolina USA 1959-62 and 1985. Journal of the ElishaMitchell Scientific Society. vol 107, no 1. pp...
the genus Nuphar Sm. of North America and Europe". Journal of the ElishaMitchell Scientific Society. 72: 317–346. "Nuphar Sm. pond-lily". Natural Resources...
2 Robert Hett Chapman 1812–1816 - Rev. Joseph Caldwell 1816–1835 * ElishaMitchell * 1835 3 David Lowry Swain 1835–1868 4 Rev. Solomon Pool 1869–1872...
the University of North Carolina, ElishaMitchell, over which mountain was actually the highest in the region. Mitchell contended that a peak by the name...
24. Retrieved 7 October 2019. Barksdale, Lane 1938. Journal of the ElishaMitchell Scientific Society 54(2): 285 Tropicos, Trillium vaseyi Harb. Biota...