Hugh Miller

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Hugh Miller was a 19th-century Scottish geologist, writer, and self-taught fossil collector renowned for his influential works on the geology and paleontology of Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish person
fossil collector
geologist
human
paleontologist
writer
causeOfDeath suicide
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship Scotland
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1802-10-10
dateOfDeath 1856-12-24
educatedAt self-taught
employer The Witness
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Miller
fieldOfWork Christian apologetics
geology
natural history
paleontology
genre non-fiction
religious literature
scientific literature
givenName Hugh
hasCollectionAt National Museum of Scotland
languageOfWorkOrName English
Scots
movement Free Church of Scotland
name Hugh Miller self-link
notableFor popularizing geology in 19th-century Scotland
self-taught fossil collecting
writings reconciling geology and Christianity
notableWork Footprints of the Creator
Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland
Old Red Sandstone
surface form: The Old Red Sandstone

The Testimony of the Rocks
occupation editor
geologist
journalist
stonemason
writer
placeOfBirth Cromarty
Scotland
placeOfBurial Edinburgh
Grange Cemetery
placeOfDeath Edinburgh
Portobello
Scotland
positionHeld editor of The Witness
religion Presbyterianism

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Hugh Miller name Hugh Miller self-link