John Chester Miller

American historian

John Chester Miller (1907-1991)^[1] was a US historian who wrote of the American Revolution and its prominent figures. His books were well received.^[2]

Born in Santa Barbara, California, he studied at College of Puget Sound for a year before transferring to Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1930. Encouraged by Samuel Eliot Morison to change his postgraduate focus to history, he received master's and doctoral degrees in that field during the 1930s.^[1]

He taught at Bryn Mawr College and at Stanford University.^[1]

Bibliography

• Sam Adams, Pioneer in Propaganda. Stanford University Press, 1936. ISBN 9780804700245.
• Crisis in Freedom: The Alien and Sedition Acts. Little, Brown, 1951. ISBN 978-0316572330.
• Alexander Hamilton: Portrait in Paradox. Harper, 1959.
• Origins of the American Revolution: With a New Introd, and a Bibliography. Stanford University Press, 1959. ISBN 9780804705936.
• The Federalist Era 1789-1801. Harper and Brothers, 1960. ISBN 978-1577660316.
• The First Frontier: Life in Colonial America. Delacorte Press, 1966.
• The Wolf by the Ears: Thomas Jefferson and Slavery. Published with the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, University Press of Virginia, 1991. ISBN 9780813913650.

Reviews

• The Wolf by the Ears. Indiana Museum of History. [1].
• Crisis in Freedom: The Alien and Sedition Acts. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. [2]
• The Federalist Era. The American Historical Review. [3]

References

1. "MEMORIAL RESOLUTION JOHN CHESTER MILLER" (PDF). Stanford University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
2. "John C. Miller, 83; Writer and Professor Of American History". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-11-12.