William Hallowes Miller
William Hallowes Miller (born April 6, 1801 in Velindre near Llandovery , Carmarthenshire , Wales , † May 20, 1880 in Cambridge ) was a British mineralogist , crystallographer and physicist .
Miller was educated at St John's College of Cambridge University , where he graduated in 1826 and he joined the 1829th For several years he was a college tutor and during that time he published treatises on hydrostatics and hydrodynamics .
He paid particular attention to crystallography . When William Whewell resigned in 1832, he succeeded him as professor of mineralogy , a position he held until 1870. His main work in the field of crystallography was published in 1838.
The Miller indices named after him are used in crystallography to clearly describe crystal faces. He proposed its spelling in 1839.
In 1843 he supported the committee that developed the standards for lengths and weights for Parliament. In 1852 he became editor of a new edition of the Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy by Henry James Brooke . In 1860 he was elected a foreign member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .
Mineral descriptions
Miller, along with Henry James Brooke, is considered to be the first to describe the minerals Annabergit and Whewellit .
Honors
- In 1838 he was elected a member (" Fellow ") of the Royal Society , which in 1870 awarded him the Royal Medal .
- 1860 election to the corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .
- In 1864 he was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg .
- 1870 admission to the Académie des sciences as a corresponding member.
- In 1874 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
- The mineral millerite bears his name.
Web links
- Entry to Miller; William Hallowes (1801-1880) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 169.
- ^ List of members since 1666: Letter M. Académie des sciences, accessed on January 23, 2020 (French).
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed March 21, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Miller, William Hallowes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British mineralogist, crystallographer and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Velindre at Llandovery , Carmarthenshire , Wales |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 1880 |
| Place of death | Cambridge |