Background
Miller, David Philip was born on September 6, 1953 in Keighley, Yorkshire, England. Son of Albert and Dorothy Miller.
Miller, David Philip was born on September 6, 1953 in Keighley, Yorkshire, England. Son of Albert and Dorothy Miller.
Miller studied chemistry and nuclear physics as well as science and technology policy for a Bachelor of Science (Honours) at Manchester University and received his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in History and Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
Lecturer University Edinburgh, 1979—1981, University New South Wales, Sydney, 1981—1986, senior lecturer, 1987—2005, associate professor to reader, since 2006. Editorial board Social Studies Science, 1992—2001. Chair, national committee HPS Australian Academy of Sciences, Canberra, Australia, 1997—2001, member, national committee on HPS, since 2008.
Editorial board British Journal History Science, since 2004, History of Science, since 2004. Advisory board East Asian Science Technology and Society Journal, Taiwan, since 2006.
Co-editor (with P.H. Reill): (book) Visions of Empire: Voyages, Botany and Representations of Nature. Author: Discovering Water: James Watt, Henry Cavendish and the Nineteenth Century 'Water Controversy', James Watt, Chemist: Understanding the Origins of the Steam Age. Contributor chapters to books, articles.
He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science.
Married Margaret Joyce Emmett, September 21, 1974. Children: Kylie Anne, Thomas Craven.