Bible Dictionaries
Edward Hitchcock

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Geologist. Born 1793; died 1864. First president of the American Association of Geologists and Naturalists. As state geologist of Massachusetts he was the first to complete a governmental survey of an entire state. He also made important studies of the dinosaur tracks in the Connecticut Valley.

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Entry for 'Edward Hitchcock'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​e/edward-hitchcock.html. 1910.