John Mitchell (geographer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Mitchell (geographer)

colonial American doctor and botanist

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1711

Place of Birth: Lancaster, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 29-Feb-1768

Profession: physician, cartographer, botanist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

John Mitchell (April 13, 1711 – February 29, 1768) was a colonial American physician and botanist.
He created the most comprehensive and perhaps largest 18th-century map of eastern North America, known today as the Mitchell Map.
First published in 1755, in conjunction with the imminent Seven Years' War, the Mitchell Map was subsequently used during the Treaty of Paris (1783) to define the boundaries of the newly independent United States and remains important today for resolving border disputes.