| 词条 | Joseph Battell |
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| image = Joseph Battell Middlebury College Trustee-e1422891865104.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Battell as Middlebury College trustee, circa 1900 | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1839|07|15}} | birth_place = Middlebury, Vermont | death_date = {{death date and age |1915|02|23|1839|07|15}} | death_place = Washington, DC | resting_place = Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, VT | occupation = Publisher | language = English | nationality = American | ethnicity = | citizenship = USA | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }}Joseph Battell (July 15, 1839 – February 23, 1915) was a publisher and philanthropist from Middlebury, Vermont.[1] Battell is credited with preserving Vermont forest land including the land for Camel's Hump State Park. Battell edited a newspaper, the Middlebury Register, and authored several books, including the "American Morgan Horse Registry".[2] He donated his horse farm to the federal Morgan horse breeding program, and is credited by some as saving the breed.[2][3] In addition, he served at the Vermont Legislature and as a trustee for Middlebury College.[1] He was also the author of the book, Ellen--or the Whisperings of an Old Pine, a dialogue between a sixteen-year-old girl, Ellen, and a wise old white pine tree. Among the matters they discuss is a refutation of the wave theory of sound propagation. It is illustrated with many photographs of Vermont scenery, including several of Ellen.[4] Her mountain, Mt. Ellen, a 4000-footer partially enclosed within the Sugarbush ski area, can be found at {{coord|44.160147|N|72.929307|W|display=inline}}.[5] Battell's Morgan horse farm, operated by the University of Vermont since 1951, remains operational in 2019. In addition to its role in promoting the breed, the farm produced Morgan hoses for use as cavalry mounts by the US Army in World War I and other conflicts.[6] PhilanthropyA dormitory at Middlebury College is named for Battell as recognition for the land he bequeathed to the college.[7] A stone bridge in downtown Middlebury that Battell built in 1893 is also named in his honor.[8] Battell's stone bridge replaced a wooden one that had burned down in 1891, and $17,174 of its $31,237 cost was paid for by Battell (the rest was paid by the town of Middlebury).[8] Battell purchased many thousands of acres in the vicinity of Middlebury, adjacent to Bread Loaf Mountain, and had an existing building added to and cottages built for guests of his. On his death the property was bequeathed to Middlebury College, which, since 1926, has held the Bread Loaf School of English and Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences at this location.[9] Notes1. ^1 Joseph Battell: Once and Future Wildlands Philanthropist {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Battell, Joseph}}2. ^Classic Bloodlines Accessed online: July 1, 2007 3. ^Williams, John O. "Morgan Horse Record". Yearbook of Agriculture, 1926, p. 526-529. Retrieved November 12, 2008. 4. ^Gardner, Martin, 1957. Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science pp. 82-83, Dover; {{ISBN|0-486-20394-8}} 5. ^[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Mt+Ellen+Vermont&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=32.280566,62.226563&ie=UTF8&ll=44.1694,-72.9251&spn=0.057021,0.121536&t=p&z=14& Google Maps] at maps.google.com 6. ^{{cite web |title=Vermont Historical Society to Feature Morgan History |url=https://www.morganhorse.com/media-events/news/article/10218/ |website=www.morganhorse.com |publisher=American Morgan Horse Association |accessdate=January 25, 2019 |date=April 20, 2017}} 7. ^Diversions: Middlebury Vermont {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928142000/http://www.getawayguides.com/vermont/middlebury/diversions.htm |date=2007-09-28 }} Accessed online: July 1, 2007 8. ^1 2 {{cite web |title=Battell Bridge |url=https://henrysheldonmuseum.org/battell-bridge/ |website=Henry Sheldon Museum |accessdate=January 25, 2019 |date=October 14, 2010}} 9. ^{{cite web |title=Bread Loaf Writers' Conference |url=http://www.middlebury.edu/bread-loaf-conferences/bl_writers |website=Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=22 February 2019 |language=en}} 5 : Writers from Vermont|1839 births|1915 deaths|American publishers (people)|People from Middlebury, Vermont |
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