Julius Sumner Miller collection, 1929-1987.

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Julius Sumner Miller collection, 1929-1987.

A large portion of this collection is photographs of Julius Sumner Miller as an educator and physicist performing experiments in different parts of the world. He taught in Australia, South Africa, Canada, Europe, and in the United States, where he became well known as "Professor Wonderful" for his work on Walt Disney's "Mickey Mouse Club." As a student, and later a friend, of Albert Einstein, Miller amassed a large amount of Einstein memorabilia which is also contained within the collection. Additionally there are manuscripts by Dr. Miller, a large collection of stamps from almost every country in the world, and notes on various demonstrations given by Miller during his fifty years of teaching.

60 linear feet

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Miller, Julius Sumner

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Physicist and educator. On the faculty of Dillard University (1937-1951); and El Camino College from 1953. From the description of Papers of Julius Miller, 1933-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154303006 From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84584652 Physicist and educator. On the faculty of Dillard University, 1937-1951; and El Camino College from 1953. From the description of Letters from Miller to Richard Zitto regarding M...

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

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Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was...