Add to albumThis is a statue of Hugh Miller, a popular geologist and writer, by Amelia Paton. It was made in 1869 - thirteen years after his death.
The statue is carved from marble, and shows Miller examining a fossil fish similar to those he discovered in the Old Red Sandstone near his home in Cromarty in Easter Ross.
Hugh Miller, 1802-56, was a prolific writer and journalist, who combined deep religious beliefs with a passion for geology and folklore. Miller's fossil collection is one of the best assembled from Scotland.
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- Online ID: 000-000-099-843-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland
- Date: 1869
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- Gostwick, Martin. The legend of Hugh Miller. Cromarty: Cromarty courthouse, c1993
- Miller, Hugh. My school and schoolmasters, or The story of my education. Edinburgh: Johnstone and Hunter, 1855
- Miller, Hugh. Scenes and legends of the north of Scotland. or the traditional history of Cromarty. Edinburgh: A & C Black, 1835
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