Miles Henry Davis

Miles Dewey Davis Jr. (March 1, 1898 – May 21, 1962 ) was an American dentist and father of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis.

Biography Davis was born on March 1, 1898, in Noble Lake, Arkansas. He was a son of Miles Dewey Davis Sr. and Mary (Luster) Davis. He was educated at the Arkansas State Normal School (now University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff) in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and received his Bachelor of Science degree at Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock in 1919. His studies continued at Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania. In 1924, Davis graduated from Northwestern University Dental School in Chicago, Illinois and began his practice the same year. He was a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity and the National Medical Association. ), born May 10, 1925 – July 5, 1996 – December 15, 1999

In 1962, Davis died in St. Louis of pneumonia following a stroke.