Terence George Miller (19 January 1918 – 17 January 2015) was a British academic and professor of geology. He was appointed Principal of the University of Rhodesia in 1967. During this period, his political views brought him hate mail and he rapidly came into conflict with the government. When in 1969

Rhodesia Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...

declared itself a

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, with a

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constitution, Prof. Miller resigned his position and returned to the UK, joining the University of Reading as visiting professor, before being appointed Director of the newly formed Polytechnic of North London in 1971. Miller was one of a number of distinguished geologists who contributed to the UK's 2nd World War effort, as Major T.G. Miller. He died on 17 January 2015.Professor Terence Miller, palaeontologist - obituary
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1918 births 2015 deaths Heads of universities and colleges in Zimbabwe Academic staff of the University of Zimbabwe 20th-century British geologists Academics of the University of Reading English people of Scottish descent British expatriates in Rhodesia British palaeontologists {{UK-geologist-stub