John Harry Miller

The Very Rev Dr John Harry Miller DD FRSE CBE TD (1869–1940) was a Scottish minister and theologian who served as Principal of St Mary's College at St Andrews University.[1]

Life

The grave of Very Rev John Harry Miller, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh

He was born on 4 November 1869 at 1 Clayton Terrace[2] in Westercraigs in Glasgow the son of John Ritchie Miller of McHaffie, Forsyth & Miller, ironfounders, and his wife Georgina Caird. He was educated at the Albany Academy.

He was licensed to preach around 1895 and began his ministry at Elie in Fife. He then transferred to Roseburn Church in Edinburgh. He then moved from ministering to academic administration, firstly becoming Warden at the New College university settlement in The Pleasance in Edinburgh. In 1935 he took over as College Principal at St Mary's College in St Andrews University.

In 1936 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Percy Herring, Sir Thomas Henry Holland and Sir Thomas Hudson Beare.[3]

He died on 3 January 1940. His is buried in Dean Cemetery in west Edinburgh. The grave lies in the south-west section of the first northern extension to the main cemetery.

Family

In 1899 he married Marie de Joannis (1879-1960).

Artistic recognition

He was sketched by David Foggie around 1930.[4]

References

Institution login (2014-09-15). "The Very Rev. John Harry Miller, C.B.E., T.D., D.D. | Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | Cambridge Core". cambridge.org. doi:10.1017/S0370164600020460. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Glasgow Post Office Directory 1869
Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
"Very Rev. John Harry Miller, 1869 - 1940. Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews". National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 2020-02-29.

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[1] Institution login (2014-09-15). "The Very Rev. John Harry Miller, C.B.E., T.D., D.D. | Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | Cambridge Core". cambridge.org. doi:10.1017/S0370164600020460. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[2] Glasgow Post Office Directory 1869

[3] Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.

[National_Galleries_of_Scotland-4] "Very Rev. John Harry Miller, 1869 - 1940. Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews". National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 2020-02-29.