| LC control no. | n 79145851 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856 |
| Birth date | 1802-10-10 |
| Death date | 1856-12 |
| Place of birth | Cromarty (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Portobello (Edinburgh, Scotland) |
| Field of activity | Geology |
| Profession or occupation | Geologists |
| Found in | The testimony of the rocks, 1857 title page (Hugh Miller) ODNB online, 8 Sept., 2011 (Miller, Hugh (1802-1856), geologist, evangelical journalist and writer; b. on 10 Oct. 1802 in Cromarty; had an abortive attempt at publishing verse, Poems of a Journeyman Mason (1829); his first book Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland, (1835); moved to Edinburgh to become founding editor, and later proprietor, of The Witness; autobiography, My Schools and Schoolmasters (1852); on the night of 23/24 December 1856, Miller shot himself at his home, Shrub Mount, Portobello, Edinburgh) Wikipedia, viewed May 17, 2018 (Hugh Miller, 10 October 1802 - 23/24 December 1856, was a self-taught Scottish geologist and writer, folklorist and an evangelical Christian; born in Cromarty, Scotland; died in Portobello, Edinburgh) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Miller> OCLC, May 17, 2018 (hdgs: Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856; Miller, Hugh, (1802-1856); Miller, Hugh; usage: Hugh Miller) |
| Associated language | eng |
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