Miller

George Abram Miller

Born: 31 July 1863 in Lynnville, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 10 Feb 1951 in Urbana, Illinois, USA

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Miller spent the years from 1895 to 1897 in Europe attending lectures by Lie and Jordan. He wrote more than 800 articles over a period of 40 years about half at research level, the others aimed at school teachers.

Miller worked mostly on group theory but he was also interested in the history of mathematics. Although interesting because it was done at an early stage, his work fails to show much depth.

A bequest of one million dollars to the University of Illinois (where he taught for 25 years) on his death showed the skill he had in making financial investments.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. H R Brahana, George Abram Miller (1863-1951), Biographical Memoirs. National Academy of Sciences 30 (1957), 257-312. 
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