All History Mitchell

Persons Named Mitchell

Sir David Mitchell (1642-1710) Vice-Admiral First captain of Britannia.  Served in the Battle of Barfleur (1692).  Received order of St. Vladimir and order of St. Ann from the Emperor of Russia.

John Mitchell (1680-1768) Cartographer, Physician, Naturalist Designed the most reliable map of 18th Century North America, Map of the British and French Dominions in North America (1755).

Sir Andrew Mitchell (1708-1771) Diplomat Under-Secretary for Scottish Affairs (1741-1747)  Appointed envoy to Frederick the Great in 1756.  A bust of him rests in a Berlin church where he is buried.

Stephen Mitchell (1789-1874) Tobacconist, Philanthropist Inherited one of the largest tobacco companies in Great Britain.  He bequeathed £70,000 to be used for the founding of a library in Glasgow, which is named after him.

Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (1792-1855) Explorer Born in Scotland. Emigrated to Australia as Surveyor-General of New South Wales.  Patented a screw propeller for steam vessels called a "boomerang."

Elisha Mitchell (1793-1857) American Educator North Carolina state surveyor.  Discovered that what was called at the time Black Dame was the highest point east of the Rockies and lost his life falling over a precipice there.

Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) American Astronomer Made one of the first telescope-aided comet discoveries (1847).  First woman elected to the Academy of Arts and Sciences (1848).

John Mitchell (1870-1919) American Labor Leader President of the United Mine Workers (1898-1908).

William "Billy" Mitchell (1879-1936) Soldier, Aviator Commanded American Expeditionary Force in France in World War I.  Proved the strategic value of an air force (1921).  In 1925, he predicted the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Reginald J. Mitchell (1895-1937) Aircraft Designer, Engineer Designed the Supermarine Spitfire fighter flown in World War II, known as "God's gift to pilots" by the men who flew her.

Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) American Writer Author of Gone With the Wind (1936).

William L. "Bill" Mitchell (1915-1988) Automobile Designer General Motors Chief Design Engineer of Chevrolet Corvette "Stingray."

Richard "Blue" Mitchell (1930-1979) Jazz Trumpeter Known for his 'singing' trumpet style.  Horace Silver Quintet (1958-1964).

Edgar D. Mitchell (1930-2016) Astronaut PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from M.I.T.  (1964).  Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 14, third manned landing on moon.  Sixth man to walk on the moon (1971).

George J. Mitchell (1933-        ) Senator / International Advisor Member of U.S. Senate  (1980-1994).  Received Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Truman Institute Peace Prize and the United Nations Peace Prize for his role in establishing peace in N. Ireland.  (1998).

Joni Mitchell (1943-        ) Painter, Musician b. Roberta Joan Anderson.  Took the name Mitchell from a brief marriage to folk-singer Chuck Mitchell (m. 1965). She has described herself as “a painter derailed by circumstance.”

Things Named Mitchell

Mitchell Motion Picture Camera The first reliable motion picture camera was designed by John Leonard in 1917.  Leonard sold his designs to Henry Boger and George A. Mitchell who improved on it and called it the Mitchell camera.  It's characteristic mouse-ear magazine, rack-over focusing and robust film transport made subsequent designs popular into the 1980s - until Panavision's remodeled Mitchells became the standard.

B-25 Mitchell WWII Bomber The North American aircraft company built the B-25 beginning in 1939 to fulfill the U.S. Army's requirement for a medium bomber.  It was named "Mitchell" in honor of air force pioneer General Billy Mitchell who died during the design of the aircraft.  The Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in response to the events at Pearl Harbor consisted of 16 Mitchells launched from the USS Hornet (April 18, 1942).

Mitchell Image Processing Filter In 1988, Don P. Mitchell and Arun N. Netravali of AT&T Bell Laboratories developed a rescaling filter which was a happy medium between B-spline cubic and Catmull-Rom cubic filters.  The Mitchell-Netravali cubic filter is usually called just a "Mitchell" filter.

Major Mitchell's Cockatoo This pink and white cockatoo native to Australia is named after Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell.

Mitchell Fishing Reels Invented by Maurice Jacquemin in 1948, the Mitchell 300 was the world's first spinning reel.  It was named after Jacquemin's brother Mitchel.

Mitchell Libary A major public library in Glasgow, Scotland. The Mitchell Libary was funded initially by Stephen Mitchell in 1877, and was opened to the public in 1911. It houses major collections of Robert Burns, and Scottish historical and geneological records.

Mount Mitchell The tallest peak east of the Mississippi, at 6,684 feet.