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Mother: and The History of till' Hanks Family in Amerioii. Hitchcock, Charles Henry, ^oologi8t, antlior, was born Aug. 23, 183U, in Amherst. Mass.

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Lincoln's

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state gcolofjist of New i^ now profess-

Hamp«hire and Maine; and

or of g»"<»logy in Dartmouth o<»Ilejre. He ia the aiitlior of Natural History and rn in 1741 in Rho«le Island. In the Iw'ginning of the H«'Volution he enlistwl in the Continental army; and commanded' a Rh«»de Inland legiment at the siege of Boston, and a brigade at Princeton. On the battle-field of the latter engagement Washington to«»k him by the hand, and in the presence of the army th^inked him for iiis gallant servic-e. He died in January, 1777, in Morris-

town.

Providence, R.I.

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Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, soldier, author, was born May 18. 1708, in Vergenni's, 't. lie was a general in the federal army dur-

1R41> in graduated from Amherst c«»ll«'ge; and in 1853 he graduated from the Har-

vard

medical college. he taufilit clieniistry and natural liist«»ry at Williston seminMry. Since 187U he has In-en a member of the Massachusetts state board of health, and a member of the lunacy and «-harity committees. Since IH( he has been a trust«*e of .Mount Holyoke college: and since 1HS4 lias been a tnistcc of Williston seminary. In ldf>8-nn he was acting presIn

18.)3-6I

ident of Amherst college; and since 18fil he has lx»en professor of hygiene and physieducation at that instittition. He is the author <»f Anatomy. Physiology and Ancal

thropometry. Hitchcock, Edward, educator, physician, college president, author, was born Slay 24, 1703. in rk'crfield. Mass. He was a congregational clergyman; state geologist of Massachusetts in 1833 1844; and president of .mlierst college in 1S45-.54. H«' was the author «»f Religion of Geology; Illustrations of Amherst c<dlcgc in 184o-54. He was the Tnited States: Tchnology of New Kngland: Dyspepsia ForestallH and Resisted: Religious Truth Illustrated from Science: Elementary fJeology; and Rpminisoences of Amlierst coUegi'. He died Feb. 27. I8fl4. in ,mherst. Mass. Hitchcock, Enos, clergyman, author, was

ing the civil war.

He

was the author Alchemy and thi*

of Al-

chemists;

Swetlen-

borg. a Hermetic PhilChrist the

osopher; Spirit,

argument

an

for the symborii 1773 in Bethlehem, Conn. He was the author of The Shade of Plato, a poem: The Social Monitor; and Christ Not the Minister of Sin, a controversy. He died after 1H32. Hitchcock, Edward, educator, physician, author, was Inirn May 23. 1828. in AmherstT Ma.ss. He received a thorough education; in

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Iwrn March 7, 1744, in Springfield. MaJis. He was the author of Treatise on F^ducation; Sermons; and Cathechetical Instruction for Chihlren and Youth. He died Feb. 27. 1803.

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and Notes on Dante's Nuova. He died Aug. 5. 1870. in Han

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Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, di|)lomat. cabinet was l>orn .luiie 12. 18.'{.1. in Mobile,

oHirer.

.Ma. He became president of several manufactories in St. Louis, Mo.; and also acipiired large railway interests. Early in I8!>7 he was aftpointed United States minister at St. Petersburn; and in 1890-1907 he was secretary of the interior. He died .pril 0. 1!»(»!». in St. I^mis, Mo.

Hitchcock, Frederick Hills, lawyer, jourauthor, was born .luly 4, 18fi7. in .Mass. In 1891 -1001 he was man.iL'er of the manufacturing department of I). Apjdeton and com|)any; and is now president of the (irafton Press, publishi'rs. He nalist,

Boston.

ji.iH

edited

Tlic

(Jnifton

Historical

Scries.

He

is the author of The Building of a Book: and Th<- Handbook of .mherst. Mass.

Hitchcock, Freeman St. Clair,

and surge«m of

physician

Madison ave.. New York Nov. 17. 1883. in New York He was educated at the Gnn-nwich academy and the StamfonI Williams college; and grailuated from the New York City, City.

was

rtl«

iMtrn

l.omeopiif hie college an:l hospital.

He makes

a specialty of electro-therapy. He is consulting (diysician to Crest View sanitarium of (Jreenwich. Conn.; and visiting physician to several hospitals in New York City. He is the aiithor of In the Vorhl of Psycholo-

gy and other medical works:

an lie was brevetted colonel and brigadi«'r-general. Hi" w;>s liononihly innsifererl nut

in

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Hitchcock, Gilbert Montell, lawyer, jourwas born Sept. 18. 18.')9. in Omaha. Neb. In 1881 8.5 he practiced law in Omaha; and in 188.5-94 was editor and proprietor of the morning and evening nalist, conjrn'ssman.