Hugh Miller

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Hugh Miller is written by William Keith Leask and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1973707195 (ISBN 10) and 9781973707196 (ISBN 13).

Born in Cromarty, Miller was orphaned when his father was lost at sea. He was educated in a parish school where he reportedly showed a love of reading. At 17 he was apprenticed to a stonemason, and his work in quarries, together with walks along the local shoreline, led him to the study of geology. In 1829 he published a volume of poems, and soon afterwards became involved in political and religious controversies, first connected to the Reform Bill, and then with the division in the Church of Scotland which led to the Disruption of 1843.