E. Spencer Miller

Elihu Spencer Miller (September 3, 1817 – March 6, 1879) was a Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[1]

E. Spencer Miller
Born	Elihu Spencer Miller September 3, 1817 Princeton, New Jersey
Died	March 6, 1879(1879-03-06) (aged 61)
Alma mater	College of New Jersey (since renamed as Princeton University)
Employer	University of Pennsylvania Law School
Title	Dean
Predecessor	George Sharswood

Biography

Miller was born in Princeton, New Jersey.[2] He attended the College of New Jersey (since renamed as Princeton University), graduating in 1836.[3][1] He trained as a lawyer in Princeton and Baltimore, Maryland.[3] He passed the bar, and moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1843, setting up a practice.[3][1]

In 1852 Miller was a professor of real estate, conveyancing, and equity at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[4][5][6][7] During the Civil War he raised an independent company of Pennsylvania Militia Artillery ("Miller's Battery"), and served as its Captain from its muster in on June 19, 1863, until it was mustered out on July 25, 1863.[8]

Miller was Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1868 until he resigned in 1872 in line with his objection and opposition to the law school being moved to West Philadelphia.[1][9][10][11] Miller died in Philadelphia on March 6, 1879.[3][2]

References

1. "Elihu Spencer Miller". University Archives and Records Center, University of Pennsylvania.
2. "E. Spencer Miller; Death Without a Bit of Warning". The Times. March 7, 1879.
3. "1847 Cover Census"
4. Cheyney, Edward Potts (2014). History of the University of Pennsylvania, 1740-1940. University of Pennsylvania Press – via Google Books.
5. Dowlin, Cornell March (1940). The University of Pennsylvania Today: Its Buildings, Departments & Work. University of Pennsylvania Press – via Google Books.
6. Dunn, Richard S.; Lloyd, Mark Frazier (1990). A Pennsylvania Album: Undergraduate Essays on the 250th Anniversary of the University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania – via Google Books.
7. University of Pennsylvania Law Review. University of Pennsylvania. 1906 – via Google Books.
8. "Capt Elihu Spencer Miller (1817-1879) - Find A Grave Memorial".
9. The Twentieth Century Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania. H.C. Cooper, jr., Bro. & Company. 1903. p. 1094 – via Internet Archive. miller.
10. Pennsylvania, University of (1870). Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. The University. – via Google Books.
11. Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence (1901). University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics; with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni. R. Herndon Company. p. 329 – via Internet Archive. Elihu Spencer Miller pennsylvania dean.

Preceded by George Sharswood	Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School 1868–1872	Succeeded by E. Coppée Mitchell