Harry Malcolm Miller
Born 1871
Died 1952 (Presumed)
Active: 1891 - 1938
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, architectural sculptor, business partner
Born in Patricroft, Manchester. He was the son of Henry Miller (born c.1845 in Ardwick, Lancashire), shipping merchant buyer in 1891. Harry is presumed to have served his apprenticeship with Earp, Hobbs & Miller, the firm of architectural sculptors that he joined as a partner c.1900. He may have died in Manchester in 1951.
Locations
Address 17 Poplar Grove (Lime Villa) Sale Manchester | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address 26 Claremont Grove Didsbury Manchester | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address Moorland Marsland Road Manchester | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of panel at Manchester School of Art
1918 (Circa) - 1938 (Circa)
Member of an advisory board of Manchester art professionals
Partner in Earp, Hobbs & Miller (by 1900)
Student at Manchester School of Art
1897 (Circa) - 1898 (Circa)
Personal and Professional Connections
Collaborated with Harry Rendell Bond
On the carvings at the Parliament Buildings, Stormont (see relationship to Earp, Hobbs and Miller).
Partner to Edwin Hobbs Junior
Miller was a partner of Earp, Hobbs & Miller by about 1900, it is assumed that Edwin Hobbs Junior was also a partner
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Architectural Sculp[tor] Apprentice' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor - Stone & Wood' employer
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Architectural Sculptor' employer
Sources
Calendar of the Municipal School of Art, Session 1918-19
1918
p. 4
Calendar of the Municipal School of Art, Session 1923-24
1923
p. 3
Calendar of the Municipal School of Art, Session 1930-31
1930
p. 4
Calendar of the Municipal School of Art, Session 1938-39
1938
p. 5
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 2826; Folio 21; Page 37; GSU roll: 6097936
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 3669 folio 113 page 25
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN21568 RG78PN1284 RD445 SD3 ED12 SN48
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Harry Miller
Birth Date: abt 1872
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1951
Age at Death: 79
Registration district: Manchester
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10e
Page: 208 THIS SOURCE REQUIRES CONFIRMATION
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Harry Malcolm Miller
Year of Registration: 1871
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Barton Upon Irwell (1850-1934)
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 509
Citing this record
'Harry Malcolm Miller', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib5_1245326048, accessed 05 Jun 2023]
