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Alexander Mitchell MICE (13 April 1780 – 25 June 1868) was an Irish engineer who from 1802 was blind. He is known as the inventor of the screw-pile lighthouse.
The Mitchell Building, downtown Milwaukee. Alexander Mitchell (October 17, 1817 – April 19, 1887) was a Scottish-born banker, railroad financier and Democratic politician in Milwaukee.
Born after 1900. Alexander Mitchell (Saskatchewan politician) (1912–2003), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada. Alexander Graham Mitchell (1923–2010), first Governor of the Turks and Caicos, 1973–1975. Alex Mitchell (Australian footballer) (1912–2001), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne.
May 1, 2019 · The problem of erecting a lighthouse on sandbanks and shoals greatly disturbed Alexander Mitchell (1780 – 1868), an Irish brick-maker who ran a successful brick-making business near Belfast. Belfast has a strong seafaring tradition, and Mitchell had no doubt heard many tragic tales of lives lost at sea and ships grounded on the mudflats.
Milwaukee’s leading financier and railroad magnate in the mid-nineteenth century, Alexander Mitchell was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on October 18, 1817. Twenty-two years later, he immigrated to the U.S., settling in Chicago.
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Alexander Mitchell (1780-1868): Belfast’s blind engineer. Alexander Mitchell, eighth son of William Mitchell and Jane Ferguson, one of thirteen children, was born in William Street, Dublin, on 13 April 1780. His father was inspector-general of barracks in Ireland, a duty that took him all over the country.
Dr. Alexander Ian Mitchell. BIO. Alex teaches interactive media design in the Department of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore. Alex s current research investigates various aspects of computer-based art and entertainment, focusing in particular on interactive stories.
