Person Miers; Sir; Henry Alexander (1858 - 1942); mineralogist and university administrator Miers Henry Alexander Sir mineralogist and university administrator 1858 - 1942 British Male Catumbe, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America 25 May 1858 1858 18 Aberdare Gardens, West Hampstead, London, England 10 December 1942 19421210

mineralogist and university administrator Mineralogy Education: 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 Parents: Francis Charles Miers, civil engineer, and Susan Mary, daughter of Edward Wynn Fry, general merchant, of Handsworth, Staffordshire. Grandfather: John Miers (FRS 1843) The mineral miersite is named after him. Fellow 04/06/1896 38 John 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 Sources: 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 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1943.0009 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Miers%2C+Henry+Alexander RCN 50499 RCN 15382 RCN 15383 RCN 15381 RCN 55480 https://pictures.royalsociety.org 25 May 1858 - 10 Dec 1942 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 10/04/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA6601 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/10612317 c79f7500-353d-4182-9603-ff6cbfc886b2