Henry Alexander Miers
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 Pencil drawing of Miers by William Rothenstein, 1917 | |
| Born | 25 May 1858 |
| Died | 10 December 1942 |
| Nationality | British |
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Sir Henry Alexander Miers, FRS[1] (25 May 1858 – 10 December 1942) was a British mineralogist and crystallographer.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1896.[1]
He was Professor of Crystallography at the Victoria University of Manchester 1915–1926 and Vice-Chancellor of the University during the same years.[2]
Selected publications[]
- with R. Crosskey: The soil in relation to health. 1893.
- Individuality in the mineral kingdom, an inaugural lecture delivered at the university museum, Oxford, on May 20, 1896, by Henry A. Miers.
- Yukon : a visit to the Yukon gold-fields : letter by Henry Alex Miers. 1901.
- Mineralogy; an introduction to the scientific study of minerals. 1902.
- The growth of a crystal : being the eighteenth Robert Boyle lecture delivered before the Oxford University Junior Scientific Club, on the 20th of May, 1911.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Holland, T. H.; Spencer, L. J. (1943). "Henry Alexander Miers. 1858-1942". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 4 (12): 368. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1943.0009. S2CID 153456234.
- ^ Charlton, H. B. (1951) Portrait of a University, 1851-1951. Manchester: University Press; pp. 141, 176
External links[]
- AIM25: University College London: Miers Papers at www.aim25.ac.uk
- Works by Henry Alexander Miers at Project Gutenberg
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