About Henry Alexander Miers
Lived 1858 – 1942 (aged 84). Henry Alexander Miers was a British mineralogist and university teacher.
Sir Henry Alexander Miers, FRS (25 May 1858 – 10 December 1942) was a British mineralogist and crystallographer.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1896. and was President of the Society 1919–21.
He was Professor of Crystallography at the Victoria University of Manchester 1915–1926 and Vice-Chancellor of the University during the same years.
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Who was Henry Alexander Miers?
British scientist (1858–1942)
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Henry Alexander Miers was born on 25 May 1858 in Rio de Janeiro.
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Henry Alexander Miers died on 10 December 1942 in West Hampstead.
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Henry Alexander Miers was a mineralogist and university teacher.
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