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Quick facts for kids Professor Sir Henry Alexander Miers Kt FRS
Pencil drawing of Miers by William Rothenstein, 1917
Born	25 May 1858 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	10 December 1942
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Eton College Trinity College, Oxford
Occupation	Mineralogist Crystallographer

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 Professor of Crystallography at the Victoria University of Manchester 1915–1926 and Vice-Chancellor of the University during the same years.

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