Background
Miller, Benjamin Leroy was born on April 13, 1874 in Sabetha, Kansas, United States. Son of Jacob J. and Mary (Moorhead) Miller.
Miller, Benjamin Leroy was born on April 13, 1874 in Sabetha, Kansas, United States. Son of Jacob J. and Mary (Moorhead) Miller.
Student Morrill (Kansas) College, 1889-1890, Washburn College (Topeka), 1891-1892. Bachelor of Arts, University of Kansas, 1897. University of Chicago.
Summer, 1898.
Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1903. Honorary Doctor of Science, Moravian College, 1941.
Teacher public schools of Kansas, 1894-1895. Assistant, Kansas U. Geological Survey, summer, 1896. Professor biology and chemistry, Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1897-1900.
Special assistant Iowa Geological Survey, summer, 1899.
Associate in geology, Bryn Mawr College, 1903-1907. Professor geology, Lehigh University, since 1907.
Geologist, Maryland. Geological Survey, 1900-1911.
Assistant, 1904-1907, assistant geologist, 1907-1913, United States Geological Survey. Associate geologist, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, since 1919.
Special consulting editor Engineering and Mining Journal, 1920-1922.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mineralogical Society America, Geological Society America, Iowa Academy Sciences, Geological Society London. Member American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Society Economics Geologists, Seismological Society America, American Meteorological Society, American Association University professors, Pennsylvania Academy Science (president 1925-1926), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi. Member Society of Friends.
Has written numerous reports on geological survey results, public by United States Geological Survey and state geological surveys of Iowa, Maryland., Virginia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Married Mary A. Meredith, September 15, 1904 (died May 30, 1930). Children: Ruth Meredith (Mistress Otto H. Spillman), Ralph LeRoy.