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HITCHCOCK . EDWARD (77931864), American geologist, was born of poor parents at Deerfield, Massachusetts, on the 24th of May 1793. He owed his education chiefly to his own exertions, and was preparing himself to enter Harvard College when he was compelled to interrupt his studies from a weakness in his eyesight. In 1815 he became principal of the academy of his native town; but he resigned this office in 1818 in order to study for the ministry. Having been ordained in 1821 pastor of the Congregational church of Conway, Mass., he employed his leisure 'in making a scientific survey of the western counties of the state. From 1825 to 1845 he was professor of chemistry and natural history, from 1845 to 1864 was professor of natural theology and geology at Amherst College, and from 1845 to 1854 was president; the college owed its early success largely to his energetic efforts, especially during the period of his presidency. In 183o he was appointed state geologist of Massachusetts, and in 1836 was made geologist of the first district
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zoology and botany, Hitchcock took an active interest
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His son,. CHARLES HENRY HITCHCOCK (1836 ), did good service in geology, in Vermont, New Hampshire (18681878), and other parts of America, and became professor of geology at Dart-mouth in 1868.The following are Edward Hitchcock's principal works: Geology of the Connecticut Valley (1823); Catalogue of Plants growing without cultivation in the vicinity of Amherst (1829); Reports on the Geology of Massachusetts (18331841); Elementary Geology (1840; ed. 2, 1841; and later ed. with C. H. Hitchcock, 1862) ; Fossil Footmarks in the United States (1848); Outline of the Geology of the Globe and of the United States in particular (1853): Illustrations of Surface Geology (1856) ; Ichnology of New England (1858) ; The Religion of Geology and its Connected Sciences (1851; new ed., 1869) ; Reminiscences of Amherst College (1863); and various papers in the American Journal of Science, and other periodicals
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