John Maurice Miller

Little biographical information about John Maurice Miller is easy to confirm, but available records place his life from 1863 to 1944, and public-domain library sources identify him as the author of Philippine Folklore Stories.

First published in 1904, Philippine Folklore Stories is the work most closely associated with his name. The book gathers traditional tales from the Philippines and helped introduce many English-language readers to stories that had been passed along through oral tradition.

Because so little else is well documented in the sources reviewed here, Miller is best remembered not for a large literary career but for this one enduring contribution: recording and sharing folklore in book form so it could travel beyond its original local settings.