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Louis Guillaume and Mary Ann Mestre- zat; graduated from Waynesburg College. 1869, and from the Washington and Lee University (Virginia) law department, 1871 (LL. D., Waynesburg College); married on Aug. 1, ISSS, to Eliza Willson Ewing; District Attorney Fayette County, Pa., 1878 to 1881; Judge Courts of Fourteenth Judicial District of Pennsylvania, from Jan. 1, 1894, until Aug. 5, 1899; elected Justice of the Supreme Court of Penn- sylvania for a term of twenty-one years, commencing Jan. 1, 1900; Democrat in politics. Address, Uniontown, Pa.
MEYERS, James A .:
President of the Columbia National Bank. Address, Columbia, Lancaster County, Pa.
MEYERS, Robert C. V .:
Author; born in Philadelphia in 1858. His ancestors were old Philadelphians, and several of them engaged in the Revo- lutionary War; began contributing to magazines in his eighteenth year. since which time many of his stories have been translated into the Russian, German and French languages. Author: "The Colo- nel's Christmas Morning," 1900; "Story of South Africa," 1900; "Victoria," 1901; "Theodore Roosevelt," 1902; "Battles and Heroes of the American Navy," 1903; also author of various plays and poems. Ad- dress, 40 South 44th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MICHAEL, Oscar Stewart:
Rector Old St. John's Church, Philadel- phia; was born in Albany, N. Y .; gradu- ated as salutatorian from Dartmouth College in 1SS5, and Philadelphia Divinity School in 1SS9; was Headmaster of Milnor Hall, Kenyon College. 1SS6 to 1888; was Rector of the American Chapel at Lu- cerne, Switzerland, in 1SS9. Served as vicar of St. Mark's, Toledo, Ohio, 1890: Rector St. Barnabas' Church, Philadel- phia, from 1891 to 1895: Vicar Epiphany Chapel, Philadelphia, from 1895 to 1822. Was chairman of the Committee on Or- ganization under the Citizens' Permanent Relief Committee in 1893. Author of a sacred cantata "Star of the East," and an "Algebra for Beginners." Address. 3217 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
MICHENER, John H .:
President of the Bank of North Amer- ica. Address, 307 Chestnut Street, Phil- adelphia, Pa.
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MIFFLIN, Lloyd, Litt. D .:
Author: born in Columbia, Pa., Sept. 15. 1846; son of J. Houston Mifflin (who was a portrait painter and author of a volume of lyrics. 1835) and Elizabeth A. Bethel Heise. The Mitllins were originally Qua- kers who came from England in 1679, prior to William Penn, and took up lands now included in Fairmount Park, Phila- delphia; Maj. Gen. Thos. Mifflin, who was Governor of Pennsylvania for three suc- cessive terms, being of the same stock. Educated at the Washington Classical Institute, and private tutors; studied art with his father, and under Thomas Moran, M. A., in 1868-69; in Germany, with Prof. H. Herzog, and in Italy in 1872-73. Exhibited paintings in United States; delicate health compelled aban- donment of art and he applied himself to the study of poetry. He is author of "The Hills," 1896; "At the Gates of Song," 1897 (third edition, London, 1901); "Year-Book with Quotations." 1997; "Me- morial Day Ode." 1997; "The Slopes of Helicon, and Other Poems," 189S; "Ech- oes of Greek Idyls," 1899; "The Fields of Dawn and Later Sonnets," 1900; "Ode on the Semi-Centennial of Franklin and Marshall College," 1903: "Castalian Days," 1903; "Collected Sonnets"; received the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from Frankiin and Marshall College, 1903; member of the Society of American Au- thors and Colonial Society of Pennsyl- vania. Address, Columbia, Pa.
MIKELL, William E .:
Professor in Law; was born in Sum- ter, S. C., Jan. 29, 186S; educated in the University of South Carolina. gradu- ating in the Military Department in 1$90. From 1890 to 1895 he was principal of schools in Blackstock. S. C., and Lin- colnton, N. C., studying law while teach- ing, and following up with a law course in the University of Virginia; he was admitted to the bar in South Carolina in 1894; practiced for one year in Sumter, then went to Philadelphia, Pa., where for a year he was engaged in legal literary work. In 1897 he was appointed Instructor in Law at the University of Pennsylvania, was made assistant profes- sor in 1899, and elected professor in 1902. He is a member of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity and an honorary member of the legal fraternity of the Phi Delta Phi. He is the author of a work on criminal law and is a contributor to several legal
and other periodicals. Address, 366 Church Lane, Germantown, Philadelphia.
MILDREN, W. J .:
President of the First National Bank of East Brady. Address, East Brady, Clarion County, Pa.
MILES, Evan:
Brigadier General United States Army; born in and appointed from Philadelphia, Pa .; First Lieutenant Twelfth Infantry, Aug. 5, 1861; Regimental Quartermaster, Nov. 19, 1863, to Jan. 20, 1865; Captain, Jan. 20, 1865; transferred to Twenty-first Infantry Sept. 21. 1866; Major Twenty- fifth Infantry, April 24, 1588; Lieutenant Colonel Twentieth Infantry April 25, 1892; transferred to Twenty-second Infantry, Sept. 11. 1895; transferred to First In- fantry, Nov. 4, 1895; Colonel May 4, 1997; Brigadier General of Volunteers, Oct. 6, 1898; honorably discharged from Volun- teers, Jan. 10, 1899; brevetted Captain, Aug. 18, 1864, for gallant services during the operations on the Weldon Railroad. Va., and Major, Feb. 27, 1590, for gallant service in actions against Indians at the Clearwater, Idaho. July 11 and 12, 1877, and against Indians at the Umatilla Agency, Oreg., July 13. 1978: retired July 19. 1899; commissioned Brigadier General April 23, 1904. Address, Hotel Savoy, San Francisco, Cal.
MILLER, Adolph William:
Pharmacist and Physician; born in Berge. Hanover, Oct. 8, 1841; came early to the United States; studied in Illinois and Minnesota schools, and was engaged in drug stores at St. Louis and St. Paul from 1553 until 1860; then went to Phila- delphia and took a similar position, at the same time entering the college phar- macy, where he graduated in 1862. He afterward studied medicine at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. receiving the degree of M. D. in 1972 and that of Ph. D. in 1873. In 1578 he was appointed demonstrator of pharmacy in the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, and in 1590 lec- turer in Materia Medica, which position he still holds; he has held the office of President in the Philadelphia Drug Ex- change and in several other societies, and is at present Corresponding Secre- tary of the Philadelphia College of Phar- macy. Address, 860 North Fifth St., Phil- adelphia, Pa.
MILLER, A. H .:
Banker: born in North Annville Town- ship, Lebanon County, Pa., Feb. 6, 1845; educated in the common schools; Treas-
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urer and General Manager of Miller Or- gan and Piano Company; President Peo- ple's National Bank, Lebanon, Pa .; Su- perintendent of St. Mark's Sunday School for nineteen years; Second Vice Presi- dent of the local Young Men's Christian Association. Married Anna S. Kreider in 1866. He was raised on a farm; teacher in common school for nine years; com- menced the manufacture of reed organs in 1873; became practically sole owner of Miller Organ and Piano Company in No- vember, 1903. President People's Bank 1903. Republican in politics. Member of German Reformed Church. Address, 502 North Eighth St., Lebanon, Pa.
MILLER, Benjamin LeRoy:
Geologist; born near Sabetha, Kansas, April 13, 1$74; graduated from the Uni- versity of Kansas in 1897, receiving the degree of A. B .; 1897 to 1900 held the chair of Biology and Chemistry in Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa; in 1900 entered Johns Hopkins University for graduate work in geology and received the degree of Ph. D. from that institution in 1903. Same year elected to the position of Associate in Geology in Bryn Mawr Col- lege, which position he now holds; con- nected with the Kansas University Geo- logical Survey 1896; the Iowa Geological Survey 1899, and the Maryland Geological Survey from 1900 to date. Address, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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MILLER, C. E .:
Member of the engineering firm of Trimble & Miller, Pittsburg; he is a na- tive of Allegheny county. While engaged in teaching school at the age of twenty he studied engineering and was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a civil engineer; after the Johnstown flood he had charge of the reconstruction of the road, including the South Fork bridge and the enlarging of the Portage tunnel. He was engaged in railroad work until 1892, when he formed his present part- nership. Address, 435 Fourth Ave., Pitts- burg, Pa.
MILLER, Charles:
Capitalist; born in Alsace, France, in 1843, of Huguenot ancestry; the family came to this country in 1851, settling on a farm near Boston, Erle County, N. Y. In 1864 he began business for himself, and in 1566 removed to Franklin, whoje he formed a partnership with John Coon of Buffalo; the firm carried on a large dry
goods business, when a patent for lubri- cating oil and a refinery were purchased. and the store was closed out at a heavy loss; the refinery burned down the next year, new partners were taken in, and in 1878 the business was organized in its present form as The Galena Oil Works, Limited. The entire management was given to Mr. Miller, who had built up a large trade and retained his interest in the works. In addition to the oil busi- ness, which engrosses much of his time and attention, he is President or Direc- tor of numerous commercial and indus- trial companies, the works, factories and mines of which are located in more than half a dozen different States. He served several times as President of the North- western Association of Pennsylvania of the Grand Army of the Republic, Ord- nance Officer and Assistant Adjutant General of the Second Brigade of Penn- sylvania, and Commander of Mays Post. In 1889 he established a free night school for his employes and the young men of Franklin, furnishing spacious rooms with desks and apparatus and engaging four capable teachers; the school has trained hundreds of young men for positions as accountants, bookkeepers, stenographers and clerks. He has served twice as Mayor of Franklin, but has repeatedly declined other high offices. Address, Franklin, Pa. .
MILLER, Daniel:
Publisher; born in Lebanon County, Pa., Sept. 19, 1843. After working on a farm until sixteen years old, and attending the public schools, he learned the printing trade in a newspaper office. the Pennsyl- vanian, published in Lebanon, Pa .; he be- came foreman of the office. and held that position ten years. On Jan. 1. 1869, he removed to Reading. Pa., to commence the publication of the Repulikaner von Berks, a German weekly newspaper; this he continued until several years ago, when the paper was merged with the Kutztown Journal; he also publishes sev- eral organs of the Reformed denomina- tion, and has published a number of books, some of which have commanded a wide sale. For several years he has been President of the Law and Order Society of Berks County. Address. Reading, Pa.
WILLER. D. Bright:
President of the Lewisburg National Bank. Address, Lewisburg, Union Coun- ty, Pa.
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MILLER, D. J. M., M. D .:
Physician of Philadelphia: born in Phil- adelphia, Pa., Jan. 4, 1856; educated at the Episcopal Academy and University of Pennsylvania; was graduated in medicine at same institution in 1878; interne at Episcopal Hospital, 1879-1880; studied in Vienna, 1850-1881. Engaged in general practice since 1851; devotes his attention especially to the diseases of children; he is senior physician to Episcopal Hospital and Children's Hospital, Philadelphia. He is a Fellow of the College of Physi- cians; member and late President of the Philadelphia Pediatric Society; member of the Philadelphia County Medical So. ciety, of the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania; member and now Pres- ident of the Philadelphia Wiener Verein; member of the American Pediatric So- ciety and of the Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons. He is a fre- quent contributor to medical journals on subjects relating to clinical medicine and the diseases and hygiene of children. Married in 1899 Amelia, daughter of Henry S. Welles, Esq., of New York city and Athens, Pa., a lineal descendant of the first Governor of Connecticut. Ad. dress, 1801 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MILLER, Edgar E .:
Superintendent of Schools, Bradford, Pa .; born in Ohio in 1860; educated in public schools and high school; was grad- uated from college at the age of eigh- teen; pursued post-graduate work in var- ious institutions. He served ten years as Superintendent of Schools and County School Examiner in Ohio; was granted a high school life certificate in that State, at the age of twenty-five; served one . year as City Superintendent of Schools in Wyoming; was elected as head teacher of mathematics in the Allegheny Cits High School; served two years in that capacity, and resigned to accept the principalship of one of the largest schools in the city. In 1894 he was elected to present position. Address, Bradford, Pa.
MILLER, Edgar Thomson:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyar Legion; Second Lieutenant
Fifteenth Iowa Infantry, April 7. 1862; First Lieu- tenant, July 4. 1862; Captain, Nov. 28, 1862; ' honorably mustered out. May 31, 1865: brevetted Maor United States Vol- unteers, March 13. 1865. for gallant and meritorious services during the war:
elected Feb. 1, 1888. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MILLER, F. Dean:
Presbyterian minister, Wilkinsburg, Pa .; born April 8, 1874, at Mamont, Pa., of Scotch-Irish parentage; was graduated from Central State Normal School" in 1835; entered Grove City College and was graduated in 1900; studied theology at Western Theological Seminary, graduat- ing in 1903. Was called to assistant pas- torate of the Presbyterian Church of Wilkinsburg in October, 1902. Married Marie Ewing Mckown in 1903. At pres- ent is pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church of Wilkinsburg. Address, Wil- kinsburg, Pa.
MILLER, G. W .:
Court official; born in New Haven, Fayette County, Pa., Dec. 8, 1850; in his infancy his parents removed to Pittsburg, where he was educated in the public schools; went to work in spike and rivet shop; became a brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1869, and even- tually a passenger conductor. Here he was so attentive to his duties that he was appointed assistant station master, and later on night station inaster. During this period the 1877 riots took place, he attending strictly to his duties amid the dangers that surrounded him; he was the only person whom the strikers, who highly esteemed him, would permit to run a train; he subsequently resumed the duties of a conductor, and in ISSS was appointed Superintendent of the Bureau of Water Assessments of Pittsburg. His services to his party were recognized by his being made Secretary of the Repub- lican County Committee, and in 1892 President Harrison appointed him Rey- enue Collector of the Twenty-third Penn- sylvania District. In 1893 he was elected clerk of courts of Pittsburg, and was re-elected in 1896. He is a Director of the Pittsburg and West Virginia Clay Company, the Crystal Water Company. and several other corporations. Address, Penn and East End Aves., Pittsburg, Pa.
MILLER, Isaac:
President of the Millersburg Bank. Address, Millersburg, Pa.
MILLER, Jacob D .:
Cashier of the City Deposit Bink. Pittsburg. Pa .; he began his banking ca-
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reer in 1890 with the banking house of T. Mellon & Sons; here he remained serv- ing in various capacities until 1896, when he accepted the position of teller and acting assistant cashier in the City De- posit Bank. In 1901 he was made as- sistant cashier, and upon the resignation of J. R. Paull in March, 1903, he was elected cashier. Address, 838 Sheridan Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
MILLER, Jacob J .:
Jurist; born near Somerset, Pa., Aug. 22, 1857; educated in Somerset Academy and the State Normal School at Indiana, Pa., graduating in 1879. He subsequent- ly studied law in the office of William J. Baer of Somerset, and was admitted to. the bar of Somerset County in August, 1883, and to that of Allegheny County in July, 18S4. After eighteen years' suc- cessful practice in the Allegheny County courts he was in 1902 elected a Judge of the Orphans' Court for that county for a ten years term beginning January, 1903. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
MILLER, James Russell:
Clergyman; editor Presbyterian Board of Publication; born in Harshaville, Pa., March 20, 1840; son of James A. and Eleanor C. Miller; was graduated from Westminster College, North Wilinington, Pa., 1862; D. D., 1880. Married, June 22, 1870, Louise E. King of Argyle, N. Y. Pastor of the following Presbyterian churches: Bethany, Philadelphia, Pa., 1869-1878; Broadway, Rock Island, Ill., 1STS-1880; Hollond Memorial, Philadel- phia, Pa., 1580-1898; St. Paul's, Philadel- phia, Pa., 1900; since 1550 Editorial Su- perintendent Presbyterian Board of Pub- lication and Sabbath School Work. Au -. thor of "Week Day Religion." 1580; "Home. Making," 1852; "In His Steps," 18$5: "Wedded Life," 1886; "Silent Times," 1886; "Come Ye Apart," 18S7; "The Marriage Altar," 1888; "Practical Religion," 1888; "Bits of Pasture." 1890; "Making the Most of Life," 1\91; "The Everyday of Life," 1892; "Girls: Faults and Ideals," 1892; "Young Men: Faults and Ideals," 1893; "Glimpses Through Life's Windows," 1893; "Building of Char- acter," 1594; "Secrets of Happy Home 1.if .. " 1894; "Life's Byways and Way- sidey." 1895; "For a Busy Day," 1895; "Year Book," 1895; "Family Prayers," :35: "Hidden Life." 1895; "Blessings of Chairfuiness," 1895; "Things to Live For," 1996; "Story of a Busy Life," 1896;
"A Gentle Heart," 1896; "Personal Friend- ships of Jesus," 1897; "By the Still Wa- ters," 1897; "Secret of Gladness," 1SOS; "Joy of Service," 1998; "The Master's Blesseds," 1898; "Young People's Prob- lems," 1898; "Unto the Hills," 1899; "Strength and Beauty," 1899; "Golden Gate of Prayer," 1900; "Loving My Neighbor," 1900; "The Ministry of Com- fort," 1901; "Summer Gathering." 1901; "How? When? Where?" 1901; "The Up- per Currents." 1902; "To-day and To- morrow," 1902; "In Perfect Peace," 1902; "The Lesson of Love," 1903; "The Face of the Master," 1903; "The New Edens." 1903. Address, 4224 Spruce St .; office, Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
MILLER, J. Edward:
Lawyer; born in Hamburg, Pa., June 6, 1860; youngest son of Edward Miller; educated in the borough schools and at the Keystone State Normal School, from which he was graduated in 1879; read law in Reading, and was admitted to the bar Nov. 12, 1883; located in his na- tive town, where he is practicing his profession; at present Deputy County Controller. Married Margaret Romich in February, 1897. He is an active mem- ber of the Hamburg Board of Trade; he served as clerk of Town Council, and has held the office of notary public. Address, Reading, Pa.
MILLER, J. Edwin, M. D .:
Born in East Deer Township, Alle- gheny County, Pa., Nov. 8, 1846; son of John A. and Margaret ( Penny) Miller, being of Scotch-Irish descent. He was educated in the public schools of Mc- Keesport, Pa., and when fifteen years old enlisted in the Hampton Battery, and, going to the front in the Civil War, took an active part in the battles of the Army of the Potomac; was wounded at Chancellorsville when but sixteen and spent some months in the hospital, but rejoined the battery immediately on his recovery; he served until the close of the war and was one of the youngest soldiers in the war. After the war he took up the study of medicine and was gradu- ated from Jefferson Medical College, Phil- adelphia, in 1870; he then settled in Pitts- burg and practiced there two years, when he was placed on the medical staff of the United States Navy. During the yellow fever epidemic of 1874 he was in charge of the Pensacola Navy Yard; he resigned in 1876. and since that time has
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practiced in Pittsburg. He married Lor- na Monck of Mckeesport. Member of the Allegheny County Medical Society, A. F. and M., Post No. 13 Grand Army of the Republic, and Encampment No. 1 of the Union Veteran Legion. Republi- can in politics. Address, 139 Steuben St., Pittsburg, Pa.
MILLER, John A .:
,President of the Rochester Trust Com- pany. Address, Rochester, Beaver Coun- ty, Pa.
MILLER, John D .:
President of the Merchants and Far- mers' National Bank. Address, Greens- burg, Westmoreland County, Pa.
MILLER, John F .:
President of the East Pittsburg Na- tional Bank. Address, Wilmerding, Alle- gheny County, Pa.
MILLER, John I .:
President of the Portland National Bank. Address, Portland, Northampton County, Pa.
MILLER, J. Jerome:
Banker; born in Hamburg, Pa., fifty- seven years ago; son of Edward Miller; educated in the public schools. He en- tered into business at an early age; served an enlisement in the Civil War; upon his return was elected cashier of the Hamburg Savings Bank, the only banking institution in the borough, and has held the office ever since. Served in the Hamburg School Board twenty-three years and was Treasurer of the School District for twenty years; was clerk of the Borough Council, and is now Presi- . dent of the Hamburg Board of Trade. Married Amanda Bean Oct. 12, 1874. Ad- dress, Hamburg, Pa.
MILLER, John Kramer:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy, June 16, 18SS; Second Lieutenant Eighth Infantry, June 11, 1892: First Lieutenant, April 26, 189S; Captain, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Fort Ni- agara, N. Y.
MILLER, John R .:
Manufacturer; born in Adamstown. Lancaster County. Pa .; educated in the public schools; removed to Pine Grove, Pa., when a young man. He went to
Reading, Pa., in 1870, and commenced the manufacture of hats with John Hen- del and William L. Reed; the destruction of the establishment by fire the following year caused a dissolution of the partner- ship; he became again engaged in the same business, and in 1874 formed with Levi Miller of Pine Grove the firm of John R. Miller & Co .; has continued the business under this firm name, but as sole proprietor, since 1878. He served a number of years in the City Councils of Reading. Member of the Board of Trade, and has been both a Director and Trus- tee of this organization; Director of the Second National Bank of Reading. Ad- dress, Reading, Pa.
MILLER, Joseph T .:
Secretary of the Pennsylvania Water Company; born Aug. 21, 1871, at Port Perry, Allegheny County, Pa .; grandson of Colonel William M. Miller and Jane Torrence Miller; son of George T. Miller and Mary Jane Craig Miller. In prepar- atory department of Western University of Pennsylvania, 1885 and 1586; in pre- partory department of Columbian Uni- versity of Washington, D. C., 18SS and 1SS9; in the class of 1893 of the Univer- sity of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. in 1889- 1891. Member of the Sigma Chi Frater- nity; in the Law Department of the Co- lumbian University of Washington, D. C., during parts of the years of 1892 and 1893; with the treasury department_ of the Allegheny County Heating Company of Allegheny City, Pa., in 1823 and 1894; with the treasury department of the Philadelphia Company of Pittsburg in 1894 and 1895; Assistant Purchasing Agent of the Philadelphia Company in 1895-1896 and Purchasing Agent in 1897- 1898; Assistant- Secretary and General Sales Agent East Pittsburg Improvement Company during the years of 1899 and 1902; Secretary and Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Water Company, Wilkins- burg, Pa., from 1902 to the present time. Married, Sept. 22, 1838, Mary M. Stewart of Stewart, Westmoreland County, Pa. He is a Director in the East Pittsburg Savings and Trust Company and in the Ross Mountain Park Association of Pitts- burg. Member of the Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution. Address, Wilkinsburg, Pa.
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MILLER, Joseph Warren, Jr .:
Teacher of mathematics; born Oct. 30, 1875. at Washington Borough, Lancaster County, Pa .; moved to Harrisburg in
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1889; entered the Pennsylvania State Col- lege, 1893; graduated, 1897; assistant in the Department of Physics the following year; University Fellow in Mechanics at Columbia College two years; fellow by courtesy one year; has degrees of B. S., M. A. and Ph. D. Magnetic observer United States Coast and Geodetic Survey one year; at present teaching mathe- matics and mechanics at Lehigh Univer- sity. Author of "The Elastic Properties of Helical Springs." Address, Harris- burg, Pa.
MILLER, J. S .:
President of the First National Bank of Bangor. Address, Bangor, Northamp- ton County, Pa.
MILLER, Leslie William:
Artist; educator; born in Brattleboro, Vt., Aug. 5, 1848; son of N. and Hannah Miller; he was educated in the public schools, and studied art for three years in the School of Drawing and Painting of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; he was graduated from the Massachusetts Normal Art School, Boston, 1875. Since 1SS0 has been principal of the School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia; Secretary Fairmount Park Art Association. Mem- ber American Philosophical Society, His- torical Society of Pennsylvania, American Pennsylvania; honorary member Colum- bia Photographic Society, Pennsylvania Association of Master Painters and Dec- Academy of Political and Social Science, Department of Archeology, University of orators. Member of the Art, Unitarian, and Contemporary Clubs, Philadelphia, and Boston Art Club; honorary member T-Square Club, Philadelphia. Author of "The Essentials of Perspective," 1887; also numerous articles on art and indus- trial education in magazines. Address, 320 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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