EDWARD HITCHCOCK, born in Deerfield, Mass., May 24, 1793, died in
Amherst, Mass., February 27, 1864. In 1816 he became principal of the
academy in Deerfield, where he remained for three years. He was
ordained minister of the Congregational Church at Conway, Mass., in
1821. In 1825 he was appointed Professor of Chemistry and Natural
History in Amherst College. He continued his connection with the
college, having been appointed to the presidency with the
professorship of Natural Theology and Geology, until his resignation
in 1854. He was the author of numerous scientific and theological
works. The tragedy mentioned below is his first and probably his only
dramatic production. He died in 1864.
EMANCIPATION OF EUROPE; OR, THE DOWNFALL OF BUONAPARTE. A Tragedy.
Greenfield, 1815. 16mo, pp. 108.