Background
He (as his father) became a member of the Free Church of Scotland in 1843 and was a firm believer in temperance. He was born on 2 April 1812 in the manse of Eassie in Angus, the son of Rev James Miller (1777–1860) and Barbara Martin.
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James Miller
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He studied Medicine at both Street Andrews University and Edinburgh University.
Career
He was author of the important 19th century textbook, Principles of Surgery. From 1832 to 1834 he served as assistant to Robert Liston, taking over his practice in 1834. He continued this until 1842 then took up the role of Professor of Surgery at Edinburgh University.
At the same time he acted as principal surgeon to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
He died at Pinkhill House near Edinburgh on 17 June 1864, and is buried in Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh (1840)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1842)
President of the Medico-Chirurgical Society (1856)
President of the Harveian Society (1860)
Their daughter, Elizabeth Gordon Miller, married Patrick Heron Watson.
