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Hitchcock (CHARLES HENRY an American)

CHARLES HENRY, an American geologist, born in Amherst, Mass., in 1836. He graduated from Amherst College in 1856 and studied afterward at the Yale Divinity School and the Andover Theological Seminary. His professional studies were carried on in also lectured on zoölogy at Amherst College from 1858 to 1864, and from 1868 to 1908 he was professor of geology and mineralogy at Dartmouth College. In 1908 he became professor emeritus. He served as assistant state geologist for Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire.

He lectured on geology at various colleges. His researches in geology on especially valuable. He was a member of many scientific societies and received honorary degrees from several colleges.

He published "Elementary Geology" (1861); "Mount Washington in Winter" (1871); "Hawaii and Its Volcanoes" scientific magazines and publications. (1909), together with many articles in mountains in eastern United States were