E. Morris Miller

Edmund Morris Miller, CBE (14 August 1881 – 21 October 1964), known as E. Morris Miller, was an Australian author, professor, and vice-chancellor of the University of Tasmania between 1933–1945.

Born in Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal on 14 August 1881, Miller moved with his family to Melbourne in 1883. He was educated at University High School and Wesley College. In 1900 he began working at the State Library of Victoria. He enrolled at the University of Melbourne obtaining a B.A. and in 1907 an M.A. with 1st class honours in philosophy. He also wrote on the beginnings of philosophy in Australia.

He also wrote Pressmen and Governors: Australian Editors and Writers in Early Tasmania (1952).

He was awarded the gold medal of the Australian Literature Society and elected a fellow of the British Psychological Society (1943) and of the International Institute of Arts and Letters. In 1939–40 Miller managed the transfer from the Commonwealth, of a new site for the University at Sandy Bay.

From 1924 Miller was also president of the Mental Deficiency Board. A trustee of the State Library of Tasmania, he became chairman in 1923 and was a founder of the Library Association of Australia in 1928.

He was appointed a Commander of the British Empire in 1963 in recognition of his contribution to tertiary education.

Miller died in Hobart on 21 October 1964 and was cremated.