William Hallowes Miller

William Hallowes Miller
William Hallowes Miller
Born6 April 1801
Died20 May 1880 (1880-05-21) (aged 79)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
NationalityBritish
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge
Known forMiller indices
Millerite
AwardsRoyal Medal (1870)
Scientific career
FieldsMineralogy
Crystallography

Prof William Hallowes Miller FRS HFRSE LLD DCL (6 April 1801 – 20 May 1880) was a Welsh mineralogist and laid the foundations of modern crystallography.[1]

Miller indices are named after him, the method having been described in his Treatise on Crystallography (1839).[2] The mineral known as millerite is named after him.

  1. ^ Encyclopaedia of Wales; University of Wales Press; 2008; page 627.
  2. ^ Oxford English Dictionary Online, May 2007