John Miles | |
Birth Name: | John Arthur Reginald Miles |
Birth Date: | 13 May 1913 |
Birth Place: | Sidcup, Kent, England |
Death Place: | Wānaka, New Zealand |
Fields: | Microbiology |
Workplaces: | University of Otago |
John Arthur Reginald Miles (13 May 1913 – 14 February 2004) was a New Zealand microbiologist and epidemiologist. He was in charge of the Department of Microbiology at Otago Medical School from 1955 to 1978, and became an Emeritus Professor in 1979.[1] [2]
In the 1971 New Year Honours, Miles was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to science.