Carman Miller
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Carman Miller | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Acadia University (BA, B.Ed), Dalhousie University (MA), University of London (PhD) |
| Occupation | Military historian |
| Employer | McGill University |
| Children | Marc Miller (politician) |
Carman Irwin Miller (born 1940) is a military historian and former Dean of Arts at McGill University in Montreal.[1]
Born in Moser River, Nova Scotia, Miller received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960 and a Bachelor of Education degree in 1961 from Acadia University. He received a Master of Arts degree in 1964 from Dalhousie University and a Ph.D. in 1970 from University of London. He started teaching at McGill University in 1967 as a lecturer in the Department of History. He became an assistant professor in 1971 and associate professor in 1977. He was chairman of the department from 1978 to 1981.[2]
His research focuses on Canada's military participation in the British Empire. He is also a specialist on Canada's contributions in the South African War.[2]
His book A Knight in Politics: A Biography of Sir Frederick Borden was awarded the 2011 C.P. Stacey Prize for "distinguished publications on the twentieth-century military experience."
He is married to Pamela J. Miller the well-known Osler scholar and their son is Marc Miller.
Bibliography[edit]
- The Canadian career of the Fourth Earl of Minto: the education of a viceroy (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1980)
- Painting the Map Red: Canada and the South African War, 1899–1902 (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1993)
- Canada's little war
- A Knight in Politics: A Biography of Sir Frederick Borden (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010)
References[edit]
- ^ "The art of being Dean". McGill Reporter.
- ^ a b "McGill Teaching and Research". McGill University.
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