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Taylor, Michael A (1999) A very local hero. New Scientist, 163 (2196). pp. 52-53.
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Profiles 19th century amateur palenteologist Hugh Miller. His discoveries of fossils in the Firth of Cromarty in Scotland; Notice of his fossils by the paleontologist Louis Agassiz, and recognition Miller received by Agassiz; His life in Scotland; His decision to drop out of high school to become a stonemason and poet; His eventual job as editor of The Witness in Edinburgh; His bout with lung disease and eventual suicide in 1856.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CT Biography Q Science > QE Geology |
| Theme: | Understanding the natural world |
| Department: | Natural Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Laura McConnell |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2012 14:44 |
| Last Modified: | 11 May 2012 14:44 |
| URI: | http://repository.nms.ac.uk/id/eprint/897 |
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