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![Henry Mitchell (1830-1902) appointed in the Coast Survey in 1849 pers0544.jpg Henry Mitchell (1830-1902) appointed in the Coast Survey in 1849](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_pers0544.jpg?itok=RuDYinEs)
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Henry Mitchell (1830-1902) appointed in the Coast Survey in 1849. Brother ofthe famous astronomer Maria Mitchell. He became the foremost physicaloceanographer in the Coast Survey and virtually invented estuarine oceanography. (Image credit: National Archives and Records Administration Record Group 23)
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National Archives and Records Administration Record Group 23
Collection
NOAA People