Elihu Spencer Miller (September 3, 1817 – March 6, 1879) was a Dean of the

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Biography

Miller was born in

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. He attended the College of New Jersey (since renamed as

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), graduating in 1836."1847 Cover Census"
/ref> He trained as a lawyer in Princeton and Baltimore, Maryland. He passed the bar, and moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1843, setting up a practice. In 1852 Miller was a professor of

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, conveyancing, and

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at the

. He was elected to the

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in 1857. During the

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he raised an independent company of

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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. 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

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. Miller died in Philadelphia on March 6, 1879.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, E. Spencer University of Pennsylvania Law School faculty People from Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University alumni 1817 births 1879 deaths Deans of University of Pennsylvania Law School Lawyers from Philadelphia 19th-century American lawyers Scholars of property law