Person Miller; Philip (1691 - 1771) Miller Philip 1691 - 1771 British Male Bromley, Deptford or Greenwich, Kent, England 1691 Near Chelsea churchyard, London 18 December 1771 Burial: North side of Chelsea churchyard, London

Author; Gardener Botany Horticulture 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 Son of a market gardener near Deptford; married Mary Kennet of Southwark; his wife's sister Susannah married George Dionysius Ehret (FRS 1757) Fellow 22/01/1730 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 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 1691 - 18 Dec 1771 NA7949 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/36936358 62436b83-38b5-4360-aa9f-b3da651c7fc3