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Elisha Mitchell
Portrait of Rev. Elisha Mitchell, 1858
Born(1793-08-19)August 19, 1793
Washington, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedJune 27, 1857(1857-06-27) (aged 63)
Yancey County, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma materYale University
Known forProving Mt. Mitchell was highest mountain east of the Mississippi River.
Acting President of the University of North Carolina
Scientific career
FieldsChemist, geologist
InstitutionsUniversity 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.

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Elisha Mitchell

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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...

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Mount Mitchell

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mountain Black Dome for its rounded shape. They later named it after Elisha Mitchell, a professor at the University of North Carolina, who first explored...

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Mitchell Falls

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The falls, the mountain and its related state park are named for Elisha Mitchell, a professor who, while confirming his measurements of the mountain...

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Mount Mitchell State Park

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a raised observation platform with 360 degree views. The grave of Elisha Mitchell, the professor who first noted the mountain's height, is located at...

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Quercus laurifolia

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the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 78(l):18-21. Burke, C. J. (1963). The hybrid nature of Quercus laurifolia. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific...

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Juniperus ashei

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S.; Korstian, C. F. (1932). "WILLIAM WILLARD ASHE". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 48 (1): 40–47. ISSN 0013-6220. Fannin, Blair, 2008...

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Eastern glass lizard

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Food and Feeding Habits of Some American Reptiles". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 21 (4): 149–155. ISSN 0013-6220. Fitch, Henry S...

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Trillium

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species of Trillium found in the southern Appalachians". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 54 (2): 271–296. JSTOR 24332541. Case, Frederick...

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Diapensiaceae

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Wells, B. W. (1929). "A new pyxie from North Carolina". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 44 (2): 238–239. Higashi, Hiroyuki; Ikeda, Hajime;...

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Eastern newt

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Viridescens Viridescens (Rafinesque), in Virginia". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 70 (1): 27–30. JSTOR 24334334. Bommarito, Thomas;...

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Appalachian Trail

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W. (July 1937). "Southern Appalachian Grass Balds". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 53 (1): 1–26. Archived from the original on August...

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Trillium erectum

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species of Trillium found in the southern Appalachians". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 54 (2): 271–296. JSTOR 24332541. Case, Frederick...

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Mitchell Community College

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the leadership of Eliza Mitchell Grant and Margaret Eliot Mitchell, daughters of the scientist and educator Elisha Mitchell. In 1917, the name of the...

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Exidia crenata

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"Notes on the lower basidiomycetes of North Carolina". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 35: 113–182. Wu F, Zhao Q, Yang ZL, Ye SY, Rivoire...

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Hadrobunus grandis

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S.C. (1924): Notes on the Opiliones of the southeastern United States with descriptions of new species. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 40: 8-26. v t e...

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Parasola auricoma

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unusual dark-spored agarics from North America" (PDF). Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 62 (2): 177–200. Nagy LG, Kocsubé S, Papp T, Vágvölgyi...

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Paraplanaria dactyligera

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1935). Accessed 2023-06-24. Kenk, R. (1935). Studies on Virginian triclads. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 51:79–125, plate 45. v t e...

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Nuphar lutea

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of the genus Nuphar Sm. of North America and Europe. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 72: 317–346. "Plants Profile: Nuphar lutea". Natural...

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Clethra acuminata

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Genus Clethra (Clethraceae) in the United States". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 83 (2): 82–88. ISSN 0013-6220. "Flora of the Southeastern...

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Blackburnian warbler

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and Small Mammal Populations at Mount Mitchell North Carolina USA 1959-62 and 1985. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. vol 107, no 1. pp...

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Nuphar

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the genus Nuphar Sm. of North America and Europe". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 72: 317–346. "Nuphar Sm. pond-lily". Natural Resources...

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University of North Carolina

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2 Robert Hett Chapman 1812–1816 - Rev. Joseph Caldwell 1816–1835 * Elisha Mitchell * 1835 3 David Lowry Swain 1835–1868 4 Rev. Solomon Pool 1869–1872...

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Clingmans Dome

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the University of North Carolina, Elisha Mitchell, over which mountain was actually the highest in the region. Mitchell contended that a peak by the name...

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Table mountain pine

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"Morphological Characterization of Pinus pungens". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 86 (4): 214–221. ISSN 0013-6220. "Pinus pungens"...

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Trillium vaseyi

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24. Retrieved 7 October 2019. Barksdale, Lane 1938. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 54(2): 285 Tropicos, Trillium vaseyi Harb. Biota...

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