| Authorised form of name | Miller; Philip (1691 - 1771) |
| Dates | 1691 - 1771 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Bromley, Deptford or Greenwich, Kent, England |
| Date of birth | 1691 |
| Place of death | Near Chelsea churchyard, London |
| Date of death | 18 December 1771 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
North side of Chelsea churchyard, London |
| Occupation | Author; Gardener |
| Research field | Botany |
| Horticulture |
| Activity | Career:
Assistant to his father; set up in business as a florist at St George's Fields; Foreman of Chelsea Physic Garden (1722-1770); corresponded with Carl Linnaeus (FRS 1753) and many other foreign botanists; visited Holland (1723, 1730); left a large herbarium which was purchased by Sir Joseph Banks and is now in the Natural History Museum
Memberships:
Botanical Academy of Florence
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 22/01/1730 |
| Relationships | Son of a market gardener near Deptford; married Mary Kennet of Southwark; his wife's sister Susannah married George Dionysius Ehret (FRS 1757) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
W H G Armytage, 'The Royal Society and the Apothecaries' in NR 1954-55 vol 11 pp 22-37
W H G Armytage, 'Charles Watson-Wentworth, Second Marquess of Rockingham, FRS (1730-1782): Some Aspects of his Scientific Interests' in NR 1956-57 vol 12 pp 64-76
T E Allibone, 'The Diaries of John Byrom, MA, FRS, and their Relation to the Pre-history of the Royal Society Club' in NR 1965 vol 20 pp 162-183
T E Allibone, 'Edmond Halley and the Clubs of the Royal Society' in NR 1973-4 vol 28 pp 195-205
Ruth Stungo, 'The Royal Society Specimens from the Chelsea Physic Garden 1722-1799' in NR 1993 vol 47 pp 213-224
Ruth Stungo, 'Recording the Aloes at Chelsea - a Singular Solution to a Difficult Problem' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 47-57
L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305
Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1771), p571
Notes:
Proposed by Stephen Hales; William Rutty; Peter Collinson |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/36936358 |
| Royal Society code | NA7949 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| RBO/15/55 | Account by John Martyn of Philip Miller's book entitled 'Catalogus plantarum officinalium quae in horto Botanico Chelseyano aluntur' | 1730 |
| IM/004732 | Miller, Philip | October 2004 |
| L&P/2/447 | Paper, 'Of a mistake made by Gmelin about a Sphondylium' by Philip Miller | 2 May 1753 |
| EL/I2/10 | Letter, from John James to Philip Miller, dated at Boston | 7 July 1730 |
| RBO/14/115 | 'An account of Worms blown out of the Nose of a Lad in a letter from Mr George Clifford to Mr Philip Miller' | 1730 |
| RBO/13/25 | Account of the vegetation of the coconut by Philip Miller to Dr Douglas | 1727 |
| CLP/22ii/48 | Paper, Account of a book entitled 'The Gardener's Dictionary' by Philip Miller | [1731] |
| RBO/17/9 | 'Some Remarks occasion'd by Doctor Madden's Account of the noxious quality of the distill'd Water of the Lauro cerasus' communicated in a letter to Philip Miller by Charles Alston | 1731 |
| L&P/2/428 | Letter, 'Of Baulinia seeds' from Philip Miller to Peter Davall | 3 March 1753 |
| L&P/3/19 | Paper, 'Of the dyeing and fixing properties of species of toxicodendron' by Philip Miller | 18 March 1755 |
| L&P/3/232 | Letter, 'A storm in Wigton' from Thomas Tomlinson to Philip Miller | 15 November 1756 |
| L&P/3/271 | Letter, 'Of toxicodendron; in reference to the letter from Ellis to P C Webb criticised in his former paper' from Philip Miller to George Parker | 13 December 1757 |
| RBO/15/88 | Account by John Martyn of Philip Miller's 'The Gardener's Dictionary' | 1731 |
| IM/003096 | Miller, Philip | 2000 |
| IM/004731 | Miller, Philip | October 2004 |
| RBO/15/87 | An account of two ancient sepulchres in a letter to Philip Miller from T S | 1731 |
| CLP/22ii/46 | Paper, Account of Philip Miller's 'Catalogus Plantarum officinalium quae in Horto Botanico Chelseyano... [Catalogue of plants in the Chelsea Botanical Garden workshop]' by John Martin [Martyn] | 18th century |
| CLP/10iii/44 | Paper, answers to queries about different types of wine in Italy in a letter to Philip Miller by unknown author | January 1728 |
| EL/S2/45 | Letter, from William Stephens to Philip Miller, dated at Dublin | 28 October 1730 |
| EL/T/92 | Letter, from J Traill to Philip Miller, dated at Guanaboa | 1 July 1737 |
| EL/C2/82 | Letter, from George Clifford to Philip Miller | 1730 |
| EL/K/8 | Letter, from James Justice to Philip Miller, dated at Crighton | 3 March 1730 |
| EL/M2/71 | Letter, from Philip Miller to D Douglas | 20 February 1728 |
| CLP/12ii/71 | Paper, 'Experiments to concerning the effects of the perforation of the thorax upon respiration, made at Leyden in 1728 and 1729' by William Houstoun | [1720s] |
| CLP/10ii/23 | Paper, 'An account of the Peruvian or Jesuits bark' by John Gray | [1736] |
| CLP/10ii/16 | Paper, 'An account of some experiments made by Monsr [Martin] Triewald, Director of Mechanicks at Stockholm and FRSS of England and Sweden relating to the flowering of tulips, narcissus's [sic] etc. in winter, by placing their bulbs upon glasses of water' by Philip Miller | 4 February 1730 |
| RBO/14/34 | 'An answer to some Queries in relation to the making of Wines in a Letter to Mr Philip Miller' | 1728 |
| RBO/14/116 | 'An account of Several Experiments concerning the circulation of the Sap in Plants etc' in a letter to Philip Miller by James Justice | 1730 |
| RBO/15/18 | Concerning the root 'Makinboy' from Ireland in a letter from William Stephens to Philip Miller | 1730 |
| RBO/16/30 | 'An account of a book [by Philip Miller] entitled: 'The Gardener's Kalender, directing what works are necessary to be done every month...' by John Martyn | 1731 |