Alexander Crichton Mitchell, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAlexander Crichton Mitchell
Scottish geophysicist
Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1864
Date of Death: 15-Apr-1952
Profession: historian, geophysicist
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Alexander Crichton Mitchell
- Alexander Crichton Mitchell FRSE (1 July 1864 – 15 April 1952) was a Scottish physicist with a special interest in geomagnetics who worked for many years in India as a professor and head of a meteorological observatory before returning to Scotland.
- He then worked with the Royal Navy to devise a system, known as an anti-submarine indicator loop, for detecting submarines by detecting currents induced in a loop of wire on the sea floor.
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