William Henry Miller Jr. (born May 3, 1948) is a maritime author and historian who has written numerous books dealing with the golden age of

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. Miller was born in

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, on May 3, 1948. In addition to his teaching career and writing over 40 books and many articles on the great liners, he was chairman of the World Ship Society's Port of New York Branch from 1970 to 1976. He was deputy director of the New York Harbor Festival Foundation from 1979 to 1982. He was historian at the Museum of the American Merchant Marine in 1979 and creator of a course entitled "The Ocean Liner" at the

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in 1981. He also created the passenger ship database for the

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Museum. He appeared in the documentary '' SS United States: Lady in Waiting''. A documentary about his life and studies, ''Mr. Ocean Liner'', premiered aboard RMS ''

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'' on July 1, 2010. In 2020, during the Coronavirus cruising pause, Miller started to participate in online Youtube and Zoom interviews, discussing cruising.

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