William Hallowes Miller 937319 218632179 2008-06-11T14:21:28Z Thingg 5924818 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Hardeep452|Hardeep452]] to last version by Millbrooky (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) {{Infobox Scientist |name = William Hallowes Miller |box_width = |image =Replace_this_image_male.svg |image_width =150px |caption = William Hallowes Miller |birth_date = [[April 6]], [[1801]] |birth_place = [[Llandovery]], [[Carmarthen]]shire |death_date = [[May 20]], [[1880]] |death_place = |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]] |ethnicity = |field = [[mineralogy]] and [[crystallography]] |work_institutions = |alma_mater = [[St John's College, Cambridge]] |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = |religion = |footnotes = |signature = }} '''William Hallowes Miller''' ([[April 6]], [[1801]] – [[May 20]], [[1880]]), [[United Kingdom|British]] [[mineralogist]] and [[crystallographer]], was born at Velindre near [[Llandovery]], [[Carmarthen]]shire. The [[mineral]] known as [[millerite]] is named after him. He was educated at [[St John's College, Cambridge]], where he graduated in [[1826]] as fifth wrangler, and became a fellow in [[1829]]. For a few years he was occupied as a college tutor and during this time he published treatises on [[hydrostatics]] and [[hydrodynamics]]. He also gave special attention to [[crystallography]], and on the resignation of [[William Whewell]] he succeeded in [[1832]] to the [[Professor of Mineralogy, Cambridge University|professorship of mineralogy]], a post which he occupied until [[1870]]. His chief work, on ''Crystallography'', was published in [[1838]]. He was elected [[Royal Society|FRS]] in [[1838]]. [[Miller Index|Miller Indices]] are named after him, the method having been described in his ''Treatise on Crystallography'' (1839) (Oxford English Dictionary Online, May 2007). In [[1852]] he edited a new edition of HJ Brooke's ''Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy''. He assisted in [[1843]] the committee appointed to superintend the construction of the new Parliamentary standards of length and weight (see ''[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society|Phil. Trans.]]'', 1856). ==Partial Bibliography== *William Hallowes Miller (1831) [http://www.google.ca/books?id=Z1DoueyYuGsC&pg=PA1&dq=William+Hallowes+Miller ''The Elements of Hydrostatics and Hydrodynamics''] *William Hallowes Miller (1833) [http://www.google.ca/books?id=FR9fBb6h2ZoC&pg=RA1-PA1&dq=William+Hallowes+Miller ''An elementary treatise on the differential calculus''] *William Hallowes Miller (1839) [http://www.google.ca/books?id=MDcAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=William+Hallowes+Miller ''A Treatise on Crystallography''] *William Phillips, William Hallowes Miller, & Henry James Brooke (1852) [http://www.google.ca/books?id=mxsIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=William+Hallowes+Miller ''An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy''] *William Hallowes Miller (1863) [http://www.google.ca/books?id=xTgDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=William+Hallowes+Miller ''A Tract on Crystallography'' ] ==References== *{{1911}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, William Hallowes}} [[Category:1801 births]] [[Category:1880 deaths]] [[Category:British mineralogists]] [[Category:People from Carmarthenshire]] {{geologist-stub}} [[de:William Hallowes Miller]] [[fr:William Hallowes Miller]] [[he:ויליאם האלוס מילר]] [[sk:William Hallowes Miller]]