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Authorised form of nameMiers; Sir; Henry Alexander (1858 - 1942); mineralogist and university administrator
Dates1858 - 1942
NationalityBritish
Place of birthCatumbe, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America
Date of birth25 May 1858
Place of death18 Aberdare Gardens, West Hampstead, London, England
Date of death10 December 1942
Occupationmineralogist and university administrator
Research fieldMineralogy
ActivityEducation:
Eton College 1872; MA (Oxon)
Career:
Worked in the department of mineralogy of the British Museum at South Kensington (1882-189); taught crystallography at the Central Technical College (1886-1895); elected to the Waynflete chair of mineralogy at Oxford with a fellowship at Magdalen College (1895); appointed principal of the University of London (1908); Professor of Crystallography at the Victoria University of Manchester (1915–1926); following his retirement he devoted his time to museums as a member of the royal commission (1929-1930).
Honours:
Kt 1912
Memberships:
FGS; FCS
Awards/Medals:
Wollaston medal 1934
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election04/06/1896
Age at election38
ProposerJohn Wesley Judd; Arthur Harry Church; Thomas George Bonney; Hugo Muller;Jethro Justinian Harris Teall; Harold Baily Dixon; Harry Govier Seeley; Raphael Meldola
Nevil Story Maskelyne; Lazarus Fletcher; William Henry Flower; Henry Woodward; Henry Edward Armstrong; Robert Etheridge; Robert Bellamy Clifton
RelationshipsParents: Francis Charles Miers, civil engineer, and Susan Mary, daughter of Edward Wynn Fry, general merchant, of Handsworth, Staffordshire.
Grandfather: John Miers (FRS 1843)
Published worksRCN 50499
RCN 15382
RCN 15383
RCN 15381
RCN 55480
General contextThe mineral miersite is named after him.
Royal Society Obituary or MemoirClick to view (may be contained within a meeting notice, presidential address or list of death notices)
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1942-1944 vol 4 pp 369-380, plate, by T H Holland, with a bibliography by L J Spencer
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/10612317
Royal Society codeNA6601
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1896/10Miers, Sir Henry Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/003090Miers, Sir Henry Alexandernd
IM/Maull/003088Miers, Sir Henry Alexandernd
IM/003089Miers, Sir Henry Alexander1929
NLB/13/98Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Messrs Harrison & Sons]13 June 1896
NLB/7/731Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Rayleigh, [John William Strutt]14 April 1893
NLB/28/413Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Sydney John Hickson, Fellow of the Royal Society, The Owens College, Manchester3 March 1904
NLB/19/672Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Henry Alexander Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society21 November 1899
RR/23/106Referee's report by Henry Alexander Miers, on a paper 'Monoclinic double selenates of the nickel group' by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton8 December 1916
NLB/14/592Copy letter from Michael Foster and Arthur William Rucker, to the Secretary, the Mineralogical Society2 April 1897
RR/15/349Referee's report by Henry Alexander Miers, on a paper 'Effects of strain on the crystalline structure of lead' by J C W Humphrey13 June 1902
RR/16/85Referee's report by Lazarus Fletcher, on a paper 'An enquiry into the variation of angles observed in crystal; especially of Potassium-Alum and Ammonium-Alum' by Henry Alexander Miers11 April 1903
RR/16/84Referee's report by George Downing Liveing, on a paper 'An enquiry into the variation of angles observed in crystal; especially of Potassium-Alum and Ammonium-Alum' by Henry Alexander Miers1 April 1903
RR/15/257Referee's report by Henry Alexander Miers, on a paper 'The intimate structure of crystals, Part V' by William Johnson Sollas13 May 1901
RR/22/124Referee's report by Henry Alexander Miers, on a paper 'The monoclinic double sulphates containing ammonium. Completion of the double sulphate series' by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton10 June 1915
RR/17/123Referee's report by Henry Alexander Miers, on a paper 'On the polymorphic changes of ammonium nitrate' by U Behn10 July 1907
NLB/28/189Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor P Groth, Munchen 6, Neuhauserstrasse, Brieffach27 January 1904
NLB/45/181Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir Henry Miers FRS12 January 1912
NLB/20/245Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society6 March 1900
NLB/20/380Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Henry Alexander Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society6 April 1900
NLB/22/400Copy letter from Arthur [William] Rucker, to Professor [Henry Alexander] Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society7 May 1901
NLB/22/378Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [Henry Alexander] Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society, Magdalen College, Oxford3 May 1901
NLB/23/1/330Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Henry Alexander Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society25 October 1901
NLB/23/2/429Copy letter sent from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Henry Alexander Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society23 January 1904
NLB/28/145Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Henry Alexander Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society18 January 1904
NLB/35/367Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Henry Alexander Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society23 May 1907
NLB/35/453Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Henry Alexander Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society3 June 1907
NLB/39/587Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor H [Henry] A [Alexander] Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society10 February 1909
NLB/38/248Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Henry Alexander Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society7 July 1908
NLB/38/657Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Henry Alexander Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society19 October 1908
NLB/44/69Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr H [Henry] A [Alexander] Miers FRS 1 May 1911
NLB/45/838Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir Henry [Alexander] Miers FRS18 May 1912
NLB/45/762Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to Principal Sir Henry Miers FRS4 May 1912
NLB/58/65Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry [Alexander] Miers, FRS6 March 1920
NLB/56/662Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry [Alexander] Miers, Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester and FRS8 April 1919
NLB/59/372Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry [Alexander] Miers, FRS; Birch Hays, Manchester25 September 1920
RR/17/232Referee's report by Henry Alexander Miers, on a paper 'The relation of thallium to the alkali metals: a study of thallium sulphate and selenate' by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton15 May 1907
NLB/70/36Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Miers, FRS7 December 1926
NLB/58/97Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry [Alexander] Miers, FRS12 March 1920
NLB/65/888Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry [Alexander] Miers, FRS24 January 1924
NLB/67/364Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Miers, FRS9 December 1924
NLB/68/440Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Miers, FRS11 July 1925
NLB/68/544Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Miers, FRS31 July 1925
NLB/68/487Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Miers, FRS17 July 1925
NLB/71/234Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry [Alexander] Miers, FRS20 February 1928
NLB/71/183Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry [Alexander] Miers, FRS3 February 1928
NLB/68/468Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to M. le Secretaire Perpetuel; Academie des Sciences, Leningrad14 July 1925
NLB/68/520Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Miers, FRS27 July 1925
NLB/70/288Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Miers, FRS22 February 1927
RR/15/264Referee's report by Henry Alexander Miers, on a paper 'A comparative crystallographical study of the double selenates of the series R2M(SeO4)2, 6H2O - salts in which M is magnesium' by Alfred Edward Howard TuttonMay 1901
NLB/16/195Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor H A Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society19 February 1898
NLB/32/236Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor Henry Alexander Miers, Magdalen College, Oxford5 February 1906
NLB/35/178Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Henry Alexander Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society29 April 1907
NLB/35/427Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Henry Alexander Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society31 May 1907
NLB/39/737Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr H [Henry] A [Alexander] Miers, Fellow of the Royal Society2 March 1909
RR/14/96Referee's report by Henry Alexander Miers, on two papers 'On the intimate structure of crystals. Part I. Crystals of the cubic system with cubic cleavage' and 'On the intimate structure of crystals. Part II. Crystals of the cubic system with cubic cleavage. Haloid compounds of silver' by William Johnson Sollas23 February 1898
NLB/36/322Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur Schuster, Chairman of the Physics and Chemistry Sectional Committee10 October 1907
RR/25/53Referee's report by Henry Alexander Miers, on a paper 'Monoclinic double selenates of the iron group' by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton18 February 1918
MC/19/611Letter from [Henry Alexander] Miers, Magdalen College, Oxford, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison17 January 1904
AP/81/15/1Unpublished manuscript, memoirs by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton [1930-1938]
AP/81/15Unpublished memoirs by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton [1930-1938]
AP/81/15/2Unpublished correspondence, regarding the memoirs of Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton between J T S Tutton, the Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Miers and Frank Smith16 July 1938-25 July 1938
RR/15/120Referee's report by Henry Alexander Miers, on a paper 'A comparative crystallographical study of the double selenates of the series R2M(SeO4)2,6H20. Part 1- Salts in which M is zinc' by Alfred Edward Howard Tutton10 March 1900
RR/17/424Referee's report by William Jackson Pope, on a paper 'On the spontaneous crystallisation of monochloracetic acid and its mixtures with naphthalene' by Henry Miers and Florence Isaac16 February 1909
MC/23/299Letter from Henry [Alexander] Miers, 23 Wetherby Gardens, SW, to [Robert] Harrison, Royal Society, Burlington House14 December 1908
MC/19/612Letter from [Henry Alexander] Miers, Magdalen College, Oxford, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison20 January 1904
MC/21Volume 21 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1906
MC/27/107Letter from H.B Dyke, The Bursary, Eton College, Windsor, to The Secretaries, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W22 May 1912
MC/19Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1904
MC/21/425Letter from Henry [Alexander] Miers, Magdalen College, Oxford, to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London24 July 1906
MC/22Volume 22 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1907
MC/34/158Letter from the Secretary, Scientific and Industrial Department, 15 Great George Street, Westminster, London, S.W.1., to the [Royal Society]21 October 1919
MC/39Volume 39 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1925
MC/39/77Letter from Sir Henry Miers, Birch Heys, Cromwell Range, Fallowfield, Manchester, to [Francis Alexander] Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House26 July 1925
MC/22/249Letter from Henry [Alexander] Miers, Magdalen College, Oxford, to Sir Archibald [Geikie]17 April 1907
MC/22/250Memorandum from Henry [Alexander] Miers, University Museum, Oxford, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison, The Royal Society1 June 1907
MC/22/251Letter from Henry [Alexander] Miers, University Museum, Oxford, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison, The Royal Society4 June 1907
MC/22/252Letter from Henry [Alexander] Miers, Magdalen College, Oxford, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison11 June 1907
MC/22/253Letter from Henry [Alexander] Miers, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison26 June 1907
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