death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
philadelphia 1868 bristol , connecticut american 1790 samuel augustus mitchell
 samuel augustus mitchell geographer
samuel augustus mitchell

samuel augustus mitchell -lrb- 1790 , bristol , connecticut -- december 20 , 1868 , philadelphia -rrb- was an american geographer .
he was born in connecticut .
mitchell worked as a teacher before turning to publishing geography textbooks and maps .
he became involved in geography after teaching and realizing that there were so many poor quality geographical resources available to teachers .
he moved to philadelphia , pennsylvania in either 1829 or 1830 .
he was in philadelphia when he founded his company .
his son , s. augustus mitchell , became owner in 1860 .
their publications covered all genres of geography : maps , travel guides , textbooks , and more .
sales of his 24 works reached an annual volume of over 400,000 copies .
