A. M. Miller

Arthur McQuiston Miller (August 6, 1861 – October 28, 1929) was an American educator, zoologist, geologist, and college football coach. He was the first football coach at Kentucky State College in 1892. Miller was also a professor of geology and zoology and the first dean of arts and sciences at school.

Early life Miller was born on August 6, 1861, in Eaton, Ohio, to parents Robert and Margaret Ann (née McQuiston) Miller. He spent his youth there, and enjoyed searching for trilobites as a pastime. From 1880 to 1882, he attended the College of Wooster before transferring to Princeton University in 1883. From Princeton, Miller received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1884 and a Master of Arts degree in 1887. He remained there under a fellowship through 1889. Kentucky finished with a 2–4–1 record, and Miller allowed John A. Thompson, who was more familiar with the game, to coach the team the following season. From 1908 to 1917, In June 1925, Miller was informed that he could be called upon to testify in defense of John T. Scopes, a University of Kentucky alumnus and former student of Miller's, during the Scopes Monkey Trial. Miller retired from the university as a professor emeritus on June 30, 1925. Miller Hall on the University of Kentucky campus was named in his honor in 1940.

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Published works The Lead and Zinc Bearing Rocks of Central Kentucky (1905) The Geology of Kentucky (1919)