History of Coolville, (Athens County) Ohio United States of America

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A Short Biography of Samuel A. Miller

Samuel A. Miller, geologist, was born in Coolville, Athens county, Ohio, Aug. 28, 1836. He attended Ohio university and the Cincinnati Law school; practised law in Cincinnati, 1860 and 1862-97; and edited a paper at Marietta, Ohio, 1861-62. He began the study of geology in early manhood, made important original researches, and collected many rare fossils and geological specimens and also a valuable scientific library. He was a member of the geological commissions of Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri. He received from Ohio university the degree of Ph.D. "for merit" in 1893. He contributed many articles to scientific magazines and to the proceedings of scientific societies, and is the author of: North American Geology Paleontology; Paleozoic Fossils; Mesozoic Fossils; Zenoic Fossils, on which subjects he was recognized authority. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 19, 1897.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor