President & Professor in Amherst College∼Professor of Natural History and Chemistry, Amherst College 1825-45; 3rd President Amherst 1845-54. Professor Natural Theology and Geology 1845-64. Discovered tracks imbedded in stone at Pliny Moody's farm in S. Hadley, MA. His eventual collection of over 21,000 dinosaur tracks, 1,200 rock slabs, defining the science of paleoichnology, animal behavioral remnants, isviewable at Beneski museum in Amherst. Mt Hitchcock, Holyoke range, and Glacial Lake Hitchcock named in his honor.
President & Professor in Amherst College∼Professor of Natural History and Chemistry, Amherst College 1825-45; 3rd President Amherst 1845-54. Professor Natural Theology and Geology 1845-64. Discovered tracks imbedded in stone at Pliny Moody's farm in S. Hadley, MA. His eventual collection of over 21,000 dinosaur tracks, 1,200 rock slabs, defining the science of paleoichnology, animal behavioral remnants, isviewable at Beneski museum in Amherst. Mt Hitchcock, Holyoke range, and Glacial Lake Hitchcock named in his honor.
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