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William Miller
1864–1945
A British-born historian and journalist, he brought the medieval world of Greece, the Balkans, and the eastern Mediterranean to life for general readers as well as scholars.
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Essays on the Latin Orient
by William Miller
About the author
Born on December 8, 1864, William Miller was an English medievalist and journalist best known for writing about Frankish Greece, the Balkans, and the wider eastern Mediterranean. He studied at Rugby School and Hertford College, Oxford, earned a double first, and was called to the bar in 1889, though he did not go on to practice law.
His books include The Balkans, Travels and Politics in the Near East, and The Latins in the Levant, a work that helped establish his reputation as a major interpreter of medieval Greek history. He lived for long periods in Italy and later in Athens, where he was associated with the British School at Athens, and his writing blended close historical study with the eye of a seasoned traveler and observer.
Miller was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, reflecting the esteem his historical work earned in his lifetime. He died in Durban, South Africa, on October 23, 1945.