John Milton Miller
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| Nationality | American |
| Awards | IEEE Medal of Honor (1953) |
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| Fields | Electrical engineering |
John Milton Miller (June 22, 1882 – May 17, 1962)electrical engineer, best known for discovering the Miller effect and inventing fundamental circuits for quartz crystal oscillators (Miller oscillators).
Formative years and family
Miller was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania on June 22, 1882. In 1904, he graduated from Yale University. He then obtained his M.A. there in 1907, followed by his Ph.D. in Physics in 1915.
He married Frances Riley; the couple had seven children — two girls and five boys.[2]
Career
From 1907 to 1919, Miller was employed as a physicist with the
Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia. From 1936 to 1940, he was the assistant head of the research laboratory for the RCA Radiotron Company. In 1940, he returned to NRL where he became superintendent of Radio I Division (1945), associate director of research (1951), and scientific research administrator (1952).[3]
Honors
Miller was awarded the
IRE Medal of Honor
in 1953 for "his pioneering contributions to our basic knowledge of electron tube theory, of radio instruments and measurements, and of crystal controlled oscillators."
References
- ^ Although Miller's obituary in the New York Times stated that he was born on June 21, 1882, church records in Hanover, Penn. (the place of his birth) and Miller's World War I draft registration card (which he signed) stated that he was born on June 22, 1882.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- IEEE History Center biography
- John M. Miller, Dependence of the input impedance of a three-electrode vacuum tube upon the load in the plate circuit, Scientific Papers of the Bureau of Standards, 15(351):367-385, 1920.
- John M. Miller, "Electrical oscillations in antennas and inductance coils", Proc. IRE, vol. 7, pp. 299–326, June 1919.
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