Henry Alexander Miers
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Pencil drawing of Miers by William Rothenstein, 1917 | |
| Born | 25 May 1858 |
| Died | 10 December 1942 (aged 84) |
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Sir Henry Alexander Miers, FRS (25 May 1858 – 10 December 1942) was a British mineralogist and crystallographer.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1896. He was elected to membership of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on 30 November 1915 and was President of the Society 1919–21.
He was Professor of Crystallography at the Victoria University of Manchester 1915–1926 and Vice-Chancellor of the University during the same years.