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A male given name, transferred from the surname
A surname derived from the Old French given name Michel (Michael), or from the Old English word muchel meaning big
{i} male first name; family name; Joni Mitchell (born in 1943), award-winning folk singer and guitarist; Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949), American novelist, author of "Gone With The Wind
An English surname derived from the given name Michel (Michael), or from the word muchel meaning big
American astronomer and educator noted for her study of sunspots and nebulae and for the discovery of a comet (1847). She was the first woman elected to the Academy of Arts and Sciences (1848). A peak, 2,038.6 m (6,684 ft) high, in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina. It is the highest point east of the Mississippi River. American soldier and aviation pioneer who was one of the first advocates of military air power. Helen Porter Mitchell Mitchell River Mitchell Arthur Mitchell Billy William Mitchell Mitchell John Newton Mitchell Joni Mitchell Margaret Mitchell Mount Mitchell Peter Dennis Mitchell Wesley Clair Palmer Alexander Mitchell Sackler Arthur Mitchell
transferred use of the surname
United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934) United States labor leader; president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1898 to 1908 (1870-1919) United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the Civil War (1900-1949) United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889) United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936) English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937)

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Mitchell principle
Any of the six recommendations that arose from an investigation of decommissioning of weapons in Northern Ireland in 1996
Mitchell principles
six recommendations, set out in a report by US Senator George Mitchell, urging everyone involved in the Northern Ireland conflict to renounce violence and agree to disarmament before entering into all-party negotiations
Mitchell's disease
(Tıp, İlaç) Erythromelalgia, also known as Mitchell's disease (after Silas Weir Mitchell), acromelalgia, red neuralgia, or erythermalgia, is a rare neurovascular peripheral pain disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the lower extremities (or hands), are episodically blocked (frequently on and off daily), then become hyperemic and inflamed
Mitchell River
River, northern Queensland, Australia. Rising in the Eastern Highlands, it flows for 350 mi (560 km) northwest across Cape York Peninsula to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Fed by several rivers, it varies seasonally and may be dry for three months each year. It was explored in 1845 by Ludwig Leichhardt and was named for Thomas Mitchell, surveyor general for New South Wales. Crocodiles abound along its banks
Major Mitchell
Abbreviated name for the Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
Major Mitchell's cockatoo
The cockatoo species Cacatua leadbeateri, having distinctive salmon pink plumage and a bright red and yellow crest
A Mitchell Palmer
born May 4, 1872, Moosehead, Pa., U.S. died May 11, 1936, Washington, D.C. U.S. politician. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1909 to 1915 and helped secure the Democratic Party presidential nomination for Woodrow Wilson in 1912. Appointed U.S. attorney general (1919-21), Palmer used the espionage and sedition acts (1917, 1918) to attack political radicals, dissidents, and aliens in the "Red Scare" period following World War I. The government-led roundup of suspected communists became known as the "Palmer raids." In 1920 he ran unsuccessfully for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party
Alexander Mitchell Palmer
born May 4, 1872, Moosehead, Pa., U.S. died May 11, 1936, Washington, D.C. U.S. politician. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1909 to 1915 and helped secure the Democratic Party presidential nomination for Woodrow Wilson in 1912. Appointed U.S. attorney general (1919-21), Palmer used the espionage and sedition acts (1917, 1918) to attack political radicals, dissidents, and aliens in the "Red Scare" period following World War I. The government-led roundup of suspected communists became known as the "Palmer raids." In 1920 he ran unsuccessfully for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party
Arthur Mitchell
born March 27, 1934, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. dancer, choreographer, and director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. He studied at the High School for the Performing Arts in New York City. He began dancing in Broadway musicals and worked with several ballet companies before joining the New York City Ballet in 1956 as its first African American dancer. He created roles in several of George Balanchine's ballets, including A Midsummer Night's Dream (1962) and Agon (1967), before leaving the company in 1972. In 1968 he cofounded a ballet school, and its company, the Dance Theatre of Harlem, made its debut in 1971. He has continued as its director and choreographer
Arthur Mitchell Sackler
born Aug. 22, 1913, New York, N.Y., U.S. died May 26, 1987, New York City U.S. physician, medical publisher, and art collector. He earned an M.D. from New York University. In 1949 he founded the Creedmore Institute of Psychobiological Studies in New York and did pioneering research in the field of psychobiology. He edited the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Psychopathology and founded the biweekly Medical Tribune newspaper. He funded research at several universities and endowed art galleries at universities and museums, donating art from his own vast collection, including the world's largest collection of ancient Chinese art, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Billy Mitchell
orig. William Mitchell born Dec. 29, 1879, Nice, France died Feb. 19, 1936, New York, N.Y., U.S. French-born U.S. aviator. He enlisted in the army and served in the Spanish-American War. He became the top U.S. air commander in World War I, initiating mass-bombing formations and leading an attack involving 1,500 planes. An outspoken advocate of a separate air force, he foresaw the replacement of the battleship by the bomber. When a navy dirigible was lost in a storm (1925), he accused the U.S. war and navy departments of incompetence; charged with insubordination, he was court-martialed and suspended from duty. He resigned in 1926 but continued to champion air power and to warn of advances by foreign air forces. In 1948 he was posthumously honoured by the new U.S. Air Force with a special medal
John Mitchell
born Sept. 5, 1913, Detroit, Mich., U.S. died Nov. 9, 1988, Washington, D.C. U.S. public official. A prominent attorney in New York City, he practiced with Richard Nixon after their firms merged in 1967. In 1968 he managed Nixon's successful presidential campaign. As U.S. attorney general (1969-72), he was criticized for prosecuting war protesters, approving wiretaps without court authorization, and attempting to block publication of the Pentagon Papers. He resigned to direct Nixon's reelection campaign but was soon caught up in the Watergate scandal. Convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury, he served 19 months in prison
John Newton Mitchell
born Sept. 5, 1913, Detroit, Mich., U.S. died Nov. 9, 1988, Washington, D.C. U.S. public official. A prominent attorney in New York City, he practiced with Richard Nixon after their firms merged in 1967. In 1968 he managed Nixon's successful presidential campaign. As U.S. attorney general (1969-72), he was criticized for prosecuting war protesters, approving wiretaps without court authorization, and attempting to block publication of the Pentagon Papers. He resigned to direct Nixon's reelection campaign but was soon caught up in the Watergate scandal. Convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury, he served 19 months in prison
Joni Mitchell
a Canadian singer and songwriter, popular especially in the 1960s and 1970s. Her songs include Big Yellow Taxi (1943- ). orig. Roberta Joan Anderson born Nov. 7, 1943, Fort McLeod, Alta., Can. Canadian singer and songwriter. Mitchell studied art in Calgary, where she began to sing in clubs. She eventually settled in Laurel Canyon, Calif., U.S. Several early songs, including "Both Sides Now" and "Woodstock," became hits for other artists. While her early recordings, such as Clouds (1969) and Blue (1971), were folk-oriented and reflected the idealism of the time, later releases, including Court and Spark (1974), Hejira (1976), Mingus (1979, with Charles Mingus) and Turbulent Indigo (1994), were marked by strong pop and jazz influences. Her notably original lyrics and musical settings made her one of the preeminent female songwriters of the late 20th century
Margaret Mitchell
born Nov. 8, 1900, Atlanta, Ga., U.S. died Aug. 16, 1949, Atlanta U.S. writer. Mitchell attended Smith College and then wrote for The Atlanta Journal before spending 10 years writing her one book, Gone with the Wind (1936, Pulitzer Prize; film, 1939). A story of the American Civil War and Reconstruction from the white Southern point of view, it was almost certainly the largest-selling novel in the history of U.S. publishing to that time. A parody of the book, as told from a slave's point of view, The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall, was published in 2001
Margaret Mitchell
{i} (1900-1949) American novelist, author of "Gone With The Wind
Mount Mitchell
Peak, western North Carolina, U.S. The highest U.S. peak east of the Mississippi River, it rises to 6,684 ft (2,037 m). It is situated in North Carolina's Black Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge system, within Mount Mitchell State Park and the Pisgah National Forest. Formerly called Black Dome, it was renamed for Elisha Mitchell, who surveyed it as the highest point in the eastern U.S. in 1835; he died on the mountain and is buried at its summit
Peter Dennis Mitchell
born , Sept. 29, 1920, Mitcham, Surrey, Eng. died April 10, 1992, Bodmin, Cornwall British chemist. He discovered how the distribution of enzymes in mitochondrial membranes helps them use energy from hydrogen ions to convert ADP to ATP. He received a 1978 Nobel Prize for formulating the chemiosmotic theory, which explains how energy is generated in the mitochondria of living cells
Wesley C Mitchell
born Aug. 5, 1874, Rushville, Ill., U.S. died Oct. 29, 1948, New York, N.Y. U.S. economist. Educated at the University of Chicago under Thorstein Veblen and John Dewey, he later taught at several universities, including Columbia (1913-19, 1922-44). He helped found the National Bureau of Economic Research in 1920 and was its director of research until 1945. His work greatly influenced the development of quantitative studies of economic behaviour in the U.S. and abroad, and he was the foremost expert of his day on business cycles
Wesley Clair Mitchell
born Aug. 5, 1874, Rushville, Ill., U.S. died Oct. 29, 1948, New York, N.Y. U.S. economist. Educated at the University of Chicago under Thorstein Veblen and John Dewey, he later taught at several universities, including Columbia (1913-19, 1922-44). He helped found the National Bureau of Economic Research in 1920 and was its director of research until 1945. His work greatly influenced the development of quantitative studies of economic behaviour in the U.S. and abroad, and he was the foremost expert of his day on business cycles
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