E. Spencer Miller Explained

E. Spencer Miller
Birth Name:Elihu Spencer Miller
Birth Date:September 3, 1817
Birth Place:Princeton, New Jersey, US
Resting Place:Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma Mater:College of New Jersey (since renamed as Princeton University)
Employer:University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Predecessor:George Sharswood

Elihu Spencer Miller (September 3, 1817 – March 6, 1879) was a Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[1]

Biography

Miller was born in Princeton, New Jersey.[2] He attended the College of New Jersey (since renamed as Princeton University), graduating in 1836.[3] [1] He trained as a lawyer in Princeton and Baltimore, Maryland.[3] He passed the bar, and moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1843, setting up a practice.[3] [1]

In 1852 Miller was a professor of real estate, conveyancing, and equity at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[4] [5] [6] [7] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1857.[8] During the Civil War he raised an independent company of Pennsylvania Militia Artillery ("Miller's Battery"), and served as its Captain from its muster in on June 19, 1863, until it was mustered out on July 25, 1863.

Miller was Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1868 until he resigned in 1872 in line with his objection and opposition to the law school being moved to West Philadelphia.[1] [9] [10] [11] Miller died in Philadelphia on March 6, 1879,[3] [2] and was interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elihu Spencer Miller. University Archives and Records Center, University of Pennsylvania.
  2. Web site: E. Spencer Miller; Death Without a Bit of Warning. The Times. March 7, 1879.
  3. https://www.uspcs.org/resource-center/censuses/1847-cover-census/5073/ "1847 Cover Census"
  4. Book: Cheyney, Edward Potts. History of the University of Pennsylvania, 1740-1940. 2014. University of Pennsylvania Press. 9780812208795. Google Books.
  5. Book: Dowlin, Cornell March. The University of Pennsylvania Today: Its Buildings, Departments & Work. 1940. University of Pennsylvania Press. Google Books.
  6. Book: A Pennsylvania Album: Undergraduate Essays on the 250th Anniversary of the University of Pennsylvania. Richard S.. Dunn. Mark Frazier. Lloyd. 1990. University of Pennsylvania. Google Books.
  7. Book: University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 1906. University of Pennsylvania. Google Books.
  8. Web site: APS Member History. 2020-12-17. search.amphilsoc.org.
  9. Book: The Twentieth Century Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania. 1094. miller.. 1903. H.C. Cooper, jr., Bro. & Company. Internet Archive.
  10. Book: Pennsylvania, University of. Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. 1870. The University.. Google Books.
  11. Book: Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence. University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics; with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni. 329. Elihu Spencer Miller pennsylvania dean.. 1901. R. Herndon Company. Internet Archive.
  12. Web site: Elihu Spencer Miller . www.remembermyjourney.com . 6 February 2024.