Edwin L. (Edwin Lillie) Miller

Born in Aurora, Illinois, on January 9, 1868, he studied at the University of Michigan, earning his A.B. in 1890 and a master's degree the following year. Sources connected with his books and later biographical records identify him as Edwin Lillie Miller, an educator as well as an author.

He spent much of his professional life in Detroit public education. Contemporary references link him with Central High School in Detroit, and later accounts describe him as assistant superintendent of Detroit Public Schools in charge of high school work. He was also active in educational organizations and was remembered as a former president of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.

As a writer, he is chiefly associated with school and general-reader books such as English Literature: An Introduction and Guide to the Best English Books (1917). His work suggests a teacher's instinct for clarity: he wrote to introduce literature in a direct, useful way rather than to show off. Available records indicate that he died in 1934.