John Mitchell Mitchell

John Mitchell Mitchell
Born	1789 (1789)
Died	24 April 1865(1865-04-24) (aged 75–76)
Nationality	Scottish
Occupation	Antiquarian

John Mitchell Mitchell (1789 – 24 April 1865) was a Scottish antiquarian. The explorer Thomas Mitchell was his brother.

Biography

Mitchell was the second son of John Mitchell of

, and the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries of Denmark, contributing to the 'Transactions' of each many valuable papers. He lived on terms of friendly intercourse with the king of Denmark and the king of the Belgians, and received from the latter the gold medal of the order of Leopold. Mitchell died at his residence, Mayville, Trinity, near Edinburgh, on 24 April 1865. He was unmarried.

Mitchell's chief works were: 1. 'Mesehowe: Illustrations of the Runic Literature of Scandinavia,' Edinburgh, 1863, 4to, including translations in Danish and English of inscriptions found in the mound of Mesehowe in Orkney, opened in 1861. 2. 'The Herring, its Natural History and National Importance,' Edinburgh, 1864, 8vo, an elaborate work, embodying the study and research of many years, and constituting an authority on the subject to which it relates; it is an expansion of a paper which gained the medal offered by the Royal Scottish Society of Arts. He was also author of a pamphlet 'On British Commercial Legislation in reference to the Tariff on Import Duties, and the injustice of interfering with the Navigation Laws,' Edinburgh, 1849, 8vo; 2nd edition, 1852.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Sydney, William Connor (1894). "Mitchell, John Mitchell". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.