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Miller, John Frederick, 1924-
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John Frederick Miller was born in 1924 in Colorado. He received his BA from the University of Colorado (1951) and an MSLS (Masters in Library Science) from Simmons College, Boston (1955). He was a library fellow at Brandeis University before working in turn at Yale University Library, Connecticut State Department of Education, Harvard College Library, and the University of Massachusetts. In 1966 he came to Dalhousie University Library as the head of technical sevices, later being promoted to Assistant Director of the School of Library Services. In 1968 he was appointed Director of Summer School and Extension. His research interests included the social history of merchant seamen, a project which he undertook in cooperation with the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.