MILLER, John (3 son of rev. Peter Miller of Bockleton, Worcester, and Leysters, Herefordshire). b. Bockleton 20 Jany. 1787; ed. at St. Paul’s, London and Worcs. coll. Oxf., scholar 6 June 1806, fellow 4 June 1810; B.A. 1808, M.A. 1811; select preacher 1814; C. of Croft and Yarpole, Herefordshire 1814–18; Bampton lecturer 1817; C. of Bishopston, Wilts. 1818–21; R. of Benefield, Norths. 1822, resigned 1842; C. of Bockleton 1851 to May 1855, P.C. of Bockleton, May 1855 to death; author of The divine authority of holy scripture asserted, Bampton lectures 1817; A christian guide for plain people, especially for the poor, six sermons. Oxford 1820, 2 ed. 1821; Sermons to show a sober application of scriptural principles to the realities of life 1830; Conspectus of the Hampden case at Oxford 1836; Thoughts for the labouring classes among christians 1831, 3 ed. 1836; A safe path for humble churchmen, six sermons 1850. d. Bockleton 18 Jany. 1858. J. M. Chapman’s Reminiscences of three Oxford worthies (1875) 23–42; Coleridge’s Memoir of Keble 2 ed. (1869) i 23–29; G.M. iv 441–44 (1858).
MILLER, John. b. 5 Nov. 1810; bookseller at 27 Rathbone place, London 1833–6, at 404 Oxford st. 1836–47, at 361 Oxford st. 1847–8, at Chandos st. 1848–65 and at Green st. 1865 to death; published R. H. Horne’s famous farthing epic Orion 1843 and other books. d. London 10 Jany. 1873.
MILLER, John (son of James Miller, builder). b. Ayr 26 July 1805; in a solicitor’s office, Ayr 1818–23; in office of Thomas Grainger, civil engineer, Edinb. 1823, who took him into partnership 1825; constructed roads in Scotland and Ireland 1829–31; engineer of Dundee and Arbroath railway, of the Glasgow, Ayr and Kilmarnock and of the Edinburgh and Glasgow 1835; engineer of North British railway, of direct Northern railway from London to York, and of northern half of Great Northern railway; constructed many of finest viaducts in Great Britain, especially the Lugar viaduct; retired 1850; A.I.C.E. June 1830, M.I.C.E. May 1832; F.R.S. Edinb. 1841; M.P. city of Edinburgh 1868–74; purchased estates of Leithenhopes, Peebleshire, and Drumlithie, Kincardineshire. d. 2 Melville crescent, Edinburgh 7 May 1883. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxxiv 286–9 (1883).
MILLER, John Birmingham. b. 1778; called to Irish bar 1811; Q.C. 1 July 1837. d. Kildare 1 Jany. 1855.
MILLER, John Cale (only son of John Miller). b. Margate, Kent 11 Oct. 1814; ed. Brompton gr. sch. and St. John’s coll. Oxf.; scholar of Lincoln coll. 1834–6; B.A. 1835, M.A. 1838, B.D. and D.D. 1857; C. of Bexley, Kent 1837; assistant curate of Park chapel, Chelsea 1839, curate 1841–6; R. of St. Martin’s, Birmingham, June 1846 to March 1866; established a working men’s assoc. 1854; began special services in St. Martin’s ch. for the labouring classes Nov. 1856; V. of Greenwich 7 March 1866 to death; hon. canon of Worcester, Aug. 1852, canon and treasurer 31 Oct. 1871 to 1873; select preacher at Oxford 1867; canon of Rochester 1873 to death; exam. chaplain to bishop of Rochester 1877 to death; member for Greenwich of London school board 29 Nov. 1870 to March 1872; author of Subjection, no not for an hour, a warning to protestant christians in behalf of the truth of the gospel as now imperilled by the Romish doctrines of the tractarian heresy 1850, 5 ed. 1850, which evoked several replies; Bible inspiration vindicated, an essay on “Essays and Reviews” 1861; A hymn book for church of England Sunday schools 1862, 2 ed. 1862; Letters to a young clergyman 1878 and 40 other books. d. Park place, Maze Hill, East Greenwich 11 July 1880. bur. Shooter’s Hill cemet. 16 July. Church of England photographic portrait gallery (1859), portrait No. 35; Drawing-room portrait gallery 4th series (1860), portrait No. x; C. M. Davies’s Orthodox London (1874) 199–208.
MILLER, John Fletcher. b. Whitehaven, Cumberland 20 June 1816; commenced keeping a meteorological register 1831; made experiments on the fall of rain in the Lake district 1844, erected pluviometers on the mountains 1846; his paper On the meteorology of the Lake district sent to Royal Soc. of Edinb. 1 May 1854; had a grant from Royal Soc. of London towards costs of his observations 1847, F.R.S. 6 June 1850; founded an observatory 1849 and sent results of his observations to Astronomische Nachrichten, Altona; A.I.C.E. 1851; entered Guy’s hospital, London, Oct. 1855; Ph.D. and M.A. Göttingen; F.R.A.S.; collected materials for a Physical geography of the English lake and mountain district. d. 14 July 1856. Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xvi 166–70 (1857); H. Lonsdale’s Worthies of Cumberland, vi 189–216 (1875).
MILLER, John Moodie. b. near Stirling 1826; printer at Leith; issued The Edinburgh Times 1857; bookseller at Lindsay place, Edinb. to death; published many books. d. Edinburgh 28 June 1884.
MILLER, Joseph. b. Carlisle 1797; partner with John Barnes as manufacturers of marine steam engines in London 1822–35; made the engines for many men of war and other ships; partner with Richard Ravenhill 1846 to death; M.I.C.E. 1834, left a legacy of £5000 to the institution, which established a Miller medal to be given with the premiums bearing his name; F.R.S. 30 March 1843. d. Charleston, South Carolina 23 Feb. 1860. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xx 149–56 (1861).
MILLER, Josiah (son of rev. Edward Miller). b. Putney, Surrey 8 April 1832; studied at Highbury college; B.A. London 1853, M.A. 1855; Independent pastor at Dorchester 1855, at Long Sutton, Lincs. 1860, and at Newark 1868; secretary of British Society for propagation of the gospel among the Jews; secretary to London city mission to death; author of Our hymns, their authors and origin 1866; Our dispensation, or the place we occupy in the divine history of the world 1868; Singers and songs of the church 2 ed. 1869; Christianum organum or the inductive method in scripture and science 1870. d. 77 Fortess road, Kentish town, London 22 Dec. 1880. bur. Abney Park cemet. Congregational yearbook (1882) 319.
MILLER, Joshua (son of Robert and Thomazine Miller). bapt. Whickham 1783; served in H.M.S. Pomona under Capt. Lobb 1805; worked at the Bedlington iron works conveying goods down the river to Blyth. d. Union workhouse, Morpeth 24 April 1872. W. J. Thom’s Longevity of man (1879) 119–29.