MINOT
MITCHEL
in 1880 ; was active in the founding of the Amer-
ican Society for Physical Research ; and in 1887
he invented one form and in 1896 a second form
of microtome, both of which make sections auto-
matically for microscopic study. He was mar-
ried, June 1, 1889, to Lucy, daughter of David
Fosdick of Groton, Mass. He was elected a
member of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, and a member of the New York Academy
of Sciences, the Philadelphia Academy of Arts and
Sciences, the National Academy of Science, the
Anatomischen Gesellschaft, the British Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Science, the Biolog-
ical Society of Paris, and the Academy of Sci-
ences in Turin ; was elected general-secretary of
the American Association for the Advancement of
Science in 1885, vice-president of its biological sec-
tion in 1890, and president in 1901 ; president of
the American Society of Naturalists in 1894, and
was an original trustee of the marine biological
laboratory at Wood's HoU. The honorary degree
of LL.D. was conferred upon him by Yale in 1894.
He is the author of : Human Embryology (1892);
Bibliography of Vertebrate Embryology (1893),
and numerous carefully prepared papers on bio-
logical subjects.
MINOT, George Richards, jurist, was born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 22, 1758 ; son of Stephen Minot. a prominent merchant of Boston. He was prepared for college by John Lowell ; gradu- ated from Harvard, A.B., 1778, A.M., 1781; and practised law in Boston. He was married to Mary Speakman of Marlboro, Mass. He was clerk of the Massachusetts house of representa- tives, 1781-92 ; probate judge for the county of Suffolk, 1792 99, meantime serving as secretary of the convention that framed the constitution of the United States. He was appointed cliief jus- tice of the court of common pleas in 1799 and judge of the municipal court of Boston upon its establishment in 1800, serving until 1802. He was a ruling elder in the First Church, Boston ; a founder of the Massachusetts Historical society, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He edited three volumes of the •' Collections " of the Massachusetts Historical so- ciety, and delivered many addresses, including an oration on the anniversary of the Boston massacre, on Marcli 5, 1782 ; an address to the Charitable Free society, in 1795, and a eulogy on Washington in 1800. Besides his addresses published in pamphlet form and numerous articles in newspa- pers and magazines he is the author of : Histoid of tlie Insurrection in Massachusetts in 1786 (IISQ), and a Continuation of Hutchinson's History of Massachusetts Bay from the year I74S, with an Introductory Sketch of Events from its Original Settlement (2 vols., 1798 and 1803). He died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 2, 1802. VII. -26
MINTON, Henry Collin, clergyman, was born
at Prosi)erity, Washington county, Pa., May 8,
1855; son of Matthias and Margaret (Hanna)
Minton, and grandson of Matthias and Sarah
(Lindley) Minton, and of John Vance and Lydia
(McCollum) Hanna. His ancestor, Thomas Hanna,
immigrated to America in 1764, and settled
in southwestern Pennsylvania, where he left two
sons, Robert and Thomas ; Robert was the great-
grandfather of Marcus A. Hanna (q.v.) and
Thomas, the ancestor of Henry Collin Minton.
He attended the private normal school at Clays-
ville. Pa., was graduated from Washington and
Jefferson college, A.B., 1879, A.M., 1882, and
from the Western Theological seminary in 1882 ;
was pastor of the First Presbyterian church at
Duluth, Minn., 1882-83; and pastor elect of the
Second Presbyterian church at Baltimore, Md.,
in 1883, but resigned on account of failing health
and removed to San Jose, Cal., where he was
pastor of the First Presbyterian church, 1884-91.
He was elected Stuart professor of theology at
the San Francisco Theological seminary in 1891.
He travelled .extensively in 1888-89, and in 1896
he read a paper before the Presbyterian ecumeni-
cal council in Glasgow, Scotland. He declined
the presidency of Centre college, Ky., in 1897.
He was married Feb. 4, 1891, to Claire Loui.se,
daughter of the Rev. Dr. Henry Augustus Smith
of Philadelphia. The honorary degree of D.D.
was conferred on him by Washington and Jeffer-
son college in 1892. He was moderator of the
general assembly of the Presbyterian church in
the U.S.A. in Philadelphia, 1901 ; chairman of
the creed revision committee of the Presbyterian
church, 1901, and lecturer on the L. P. Stone
foundation in Princeton Theological seminary for
1901. He is the author of Christianity Super-
natural (1900), and of numerous addresses and
lectures.
MITCHEL, Charles Burton, senator, was born in Gallatin, Tenn., Sept. 19, 1815. He was grad- uated from the University of Nashville, in 1833, and from the Jefferson Medical college, in 1835. He practised in Washington, Ark., 1835-60; was a representative in the state legislature, 1848-52 ; receiver of public money at Washington, Ark., 1852-56, and in 1860 was elected U.S. .senator from Arkansas, but upon the secession of his adopted state he returned home and was expelled from the senate, June 11, 1861. He was elected a C.S. senator in 1861, and served until his death, which occurred in Washington, Ark., Sept. 29, 1864.
MITCHEL, Ormsby McKnIght, soldier, was born in Morgansfield, Ky., July 28, 1809. He at- tended the public schools of Lebanon, Ohio, and served as a clerk in a store at Miami, Ohio, 1822- 25. He was graduated from the U.S. Military academy, and promoted brevet 2d lieutenant,
