Patrick Miller

Biographical Summary

MILLER, PATRICK. 21/05/1782-24/12/1871. Ref: 1065. Male.

• Place of Birth: Ayrshire.
• Place of Death: Mount Radford, Exeter, Devon.
• Profession: Physician.
• Appointments Held: Physician in Exeter 1807-, Physician 1809-62, Devon & Exeter Hospital, 1820-Exeter Dispensary,1822-St Thomas' Lunatic Asylum near Exeter.
• Schools and Tutors: High School, Edinburgh.
• Undergraduate Studies: MD (Edinburgh 1804).
• Postgraduate Studies: LRCP (1807).
• Mother: Janet Stewart.
• Father: Rev Thomas Miller, DD Minister, Cumnock, Ayrshire.
• Other Family: Grandson of Matthew Stewart FRSE 1717-1785, Nephew of Dugald Stewart FRSE.1753-1828, Cousin of Matthew Stewart, FRSE c1784-1851.
• References: Proc Roy Soc Edinb, 8, 1872-5, 7-9; Shapin 330; S Devlin-Thorp Scotland's Cultural Heritage, 1,1981.
• Date of Election: 26/01/1818.
• Proposers: Dugald Stewart, Thos Thomson, J Playfair (Minute 01/12/1817 NLS Acc10,000/4 & ms Proposal 01/12/1817 Acc10,000/42).
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 649