Carman Miller

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Carman Miller
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NationalityCanadian
Education Acadia University (BA, B.Ed), Dalhousie University (MA), University of London (PhD)
OccupationMilitary 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 the 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.

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References

  1. "The art of being Dean". McGill Reporter.
  2. 1 2 "McGill Teaching and Research". McGill University.