Person Miall; Louis Compton (1842 - 1921); palaeontologist, biologist, and educator Miall Louis Compton palaeontologist, biologist, and educator L.C.M 1842 - 1921 British Male Brunswick Place, Bradford West End, Yorkshire, England 12 September 1842 18420912 Leeds, Yorkshire, West Riding, England 21/02/1921 19210221

Paleontologist and educator Biology Geology Entomology Education: Under the direction of his father, kept a small day-school, teaching younger students (1857); studied zoology and geology independently (1857); joined a botanical society at Todmorden. Career: Curator of the museum of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society (1871-1892); professor of biology at the Yorkshire College (1876-1907); Fullerian Professor of Physiology at the Royal Institution (1904-1906); Memberships: British Association Entomological Society of London (Council 1903 and 1908), later a special life Fellow (1916) Parents: James Goodeve Miall and Elizabeth Symonds (Mackenzie) Miall Grandfather: Moses Miall Spouse: Emily (née Pearce) Miall (July 1870), (d 1918) Children: Winifred (Miall) Wager; Stephen Miall; Frances Margaret Miall; Lawrence Miall; Rowland Miall Son in law: Harold William Taylor (FRS 1904) Known as the first Professor of Biology at the University of Leeds and remembered for his 1874 dissection of an elephant that had been part of a crcus visiting Leeds. Made contributions in geology, zoology, scientific history, and education. Fellow 02/06/1892 50 John Wesley Judd; Henry Baker Tristram; Philip Henry Pye-Smith; Thomas George Bonney; Alexander Henry Green; Archibald Geikie; Robert Etheridge; Peter Martin Duncan Richard Owen; William Hudleston Hudleston; John Scott Burdon Sanderson; Harry Govier Seeley; Thomas Pridgin Teale; Thomas Henry Huxley; William Henry Flower; Henry Woodward; William Topley; William Boyd Dawkins William Crawford Williamson; Arthur Milnes Marshall; Edward Burnet Tylor; Thomas Clifford Allbutt; George John Romanes; Edward Hull; William Turner; Philip Herbert Carpenter Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Louis Compton Miall F.R.S. (1842 - 1921) [URL: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Miall-51; last accessed: 27/02/2024]; Obituary Prof. L. C. Miall, F.R.S [URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/107017a0, last accessed: 27/02/2024] Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1922 vol 93 pp x-xix signed by W W References: R A Baker and R A Bayliss, 'Louis Compton Miall, FRS: Scientist and Educator, 1842-1921' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 201-234 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/rsnr.1983.0011 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribRaw=Miall%2C+R+C RCN 11337 12 Sep 1842 - 21 Feb 1921 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 27/02/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA7997 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 7b7f9d80-0e65-4589-8b78-a66f33122b25