A little ramble through the Astronomical register June 1863 - Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel

The Astronomische Nachrichten of Jan. 26 notifies the death of Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel at the age of 52. Professor (or Major General) Mitchel was the founder, and for some time Director, of the Cincinnati Observatory, and was more recently Director of the Dudley Observatory, Albany, F.S.A. At the time of his death Professor Mitchel was serving as a Major General in the army of the Northern American (Federal) States.

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