Alden Holmes Miller

Alden Holmes Miller (born February 4 1906; died October 9, 1965) was a noted zoologist and ornithologist. Alden Holmes Miller was the son of Loye Miller, a noted professor and researcher.[1] Alden Holmes Miller received his PhD in 1930 and ten years later he succeeded Joseph Grinnell as the director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley.[2] He is noted for his studies of Lanius (the largest genus of shrikes) and Junco (sparrow-like birds) birds. He received the Brewster Medal for his contributions to ornithology.[3] In addition Miller served as the President of the American Ornithologists' Union from 1953 to 1956. Miller's approach to collections-based research employed "concepts, theories, practices, tools, and technologies from the laboratory, museum, and field."[4]

References

  1. ↑ Cooper Ornithological Society
  2. ↑ Obituary at the Searchable Ornithological Research Archive (PDF)
  3. ↑ UC Berkeley collection at the Online Archive of California
  4. ↑ Mary Sunderland, "Collections-Based Research at Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology," Historical Studies for the Natural Sciences, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 82-113, 2012.