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British scientist (1858–1942)
Henry Alexander Miers |
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Born | 25 May 1858
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Died | 10 December 1942 |
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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. Macmillan. 1893.
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Individuality in the mineral kingdom, an inaugural lecture delivered at the university museum, Oxford, on May 20, 1896, by Henry A. Miers. B.H. Blackwell. 23 February 1896.
- Miers, Sir Henry Alexander (1901).
Yukon : a visit to the Yukon gold-fields : letter by Henry Alex Miers. CIHM/ICMH Microfiche series;no. 72898.
ISBN
978-0-665-72898-3.
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Mineralogy; an introduction to the scientific study of minerals. Macmillan and Co., limited. 1902.
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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. Journal of the Oxford University Junior Scientific Club ;June, 1911. Henry Frowde. 23 February 2024.
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