Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956
Person
Biography
Gerrit Smith Miller, Jr. (1869-1956) was born in Peterboro, New York. He was an American zoologist and botanist. He graduated from Harvard University in 1894 and worked at the United States Department of Agriculture. He was the assistant curator and curator of mammals at the United States National Museum in Washington and an associate in biology at the Smithsonian Institution. He married Elizabeth E. Page Miller in 1897. She died in 1920. In 1921 he married Anne Chapin Gates Miller. He is buried with his wife Anne in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Letter from Anne G. Miller, 2810 Adams Mill Rd. to Dorothy Kingsford, April 12 between 1930-1956 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box E, Folder: 4, item: 87Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Miller 19xx.04.12
Scope and Contents:
Signed handwritten letter from Anne Gates Miller (Mrs. Gerrit S. Miller) to Dorothy Kingsford, secretary for Mildred Bliss thanks her for the privilege of seeing Mildred Bliss's gardens. She reports James Bryce met them and offered an hour's walk through a "fairyland". Dr. and Mrs. Seligman and Gerrit S. Miller, her husband who accompanied Anne Miller were delighted and recognized many varieties of plants and trees. She asks to convey to Mildred Bliss their appreciation and how grateful they...