William Hallowes Miller, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Hallowes Miller

Welsh mineralogist & crystallographer

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1801

Place of Birth: Llandovery, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 20-May-1880

Profession: physicist, university teacher, crystallographer

Nationality: Wales

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Prof William Hallowes Miller FRS HFRSE LLD DCL (6 April 1801 – 20 May 1880) was a Welsh mineralogist and laid the foundations of modern crystallography.Miller indices are named after him, the method having been described in his Treatise on Crystallography (1839).
The mineral known as millerite is named after him.