William Hallowes Miller
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 144 years ago |
Date of birth | April 6,1801 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Llandovery |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | May 20,1880 |
Died | Cambridge |
United Kingdom | |
Known for | Miller index |
Millerite | |
Awards | Royal Medal |
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ID | 660630 |
William Hallowes Miller Life story
Prof William Hallowes Miller FRS HFRSE LLD DCL was a Welsh mineralogist and laid the foundations of modern crystallography. Miller indices are named after him, the method having been described in his Treatise on Crystallography. The mineral known as millerite is named after him.