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Mitchell

(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, city (1990 pop. 13,798), seat of Davison co., SE S.Dak.; inc. 1881. Mitchell is a trade, distribution, and shipping center for a dairy and livestock area. Its industries…

Charles S. SEWALL, Congress, MD (1779-1848)

SEWALL Charles S. , a Representative from Maryland; born in Queen Anne's County, Md., in 1779; attended the common schools; served in the Forty-second Regiment, Maryland Militia, in the War of…

George John MITCHELL, Congress, ME (1933)

Senate Years of Service: 1980-1995 Party: Democrat MITCHELL George John , a Senator from Maine; born in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, August 20, 1933; attended the public schools; graduated…

Coxetter, Louis Mitchell

(Encyclopedia) Coxetter, Louis MitchellCoxetter, Louis Mitchellkŏkˈsətər [key], 1818–73, Confederate privateersman and blockade-runner, b. Nova Scotia. He settled in Charleston, S.C., and in the…

Mitchell, Keith Claudius

(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, Keith Claudius, 1946–, Grenadian political leader. Educated in the West Indies and the United States, he taught in Grenada and the United States and then worked as a…

sanitary science

(Encyclopedia) sanitary science, principles of health preservation, embracing hygiene, on an individual level, and public health, on a communal level. Those who specialize in sanitary science are…

Mitchell, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, Arthur, 1934–2018, American dancer and choreographer, b. New York City. Mitchell studied in New York City at the School of American Ballet and appeared on Broadway and with…

O'Brian, Patrick

(Encyclopedia) O'Brian, Patrick, 1914–2000, British novelist, b. near London as Richard Patrick Russ. He changed his name in 1945 and after World War II settled in France. O'Brian's first novel,…

Mitchell, George John

(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, George John, 1933–, U.S. public official, b. Waterville, Maine. An attorney in private and government practice in the 1960s and 1970s, he was a protege of Senator Edmund…

Dance Theatre of Harlem

(Encyclopedia) Dance Theatre of Harlem, the first black classical ballet company. The group was founded in Harlem, New York City, by Arthur Mitchell, then of the New York City Ballet, the first…