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 Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society v60 1915-1916 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.Charlton, H. B. (1951) Portrait of a University, 1851-1951. Manchester: University Press; pp. 141, 176
Selected publications with R. Crosskey:
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External links AIM25: University College London: Miers Papers at www.aim25.ac.uk