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Mitchell, Henry

hydrographer, author, was born Sept. 16, 1830, in Nantucket, Mass. He is a hydrographer of prominence, among whose scientific monographs are Physical Hydrography of the Maine Coast; The Estuary of the Delaware; and Reclamation of Tide Lands. MITCHELL, HINCKLEY GILBERT, educator, clergyman, author, was born Feb. 22, 1846, in Lee, N. Y. He is a methodist clergyman and educator; professor at Wesleyan university since 1884; and the author of Final Constructions of Biblical Hebrew; Hebrew Lessons; Amos, an Essay in Exegesis; and The Pentateuch.

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