Carman Irwin Miller (born 1940) is a military historian and former Dean of Arts at

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. Miller was born in Moser River, Nova Scotia, the son of Marie Evangeline and Irwin Charles Miller.
/ref> He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960 and a Bachelor of Education degree in 1961 from

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. Miller received a Master of Arts degree in 1964 from

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and a Ph.D. in 1970 from the

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. He started teaching at

in 1967 as a lecturer in the Department of History. He became an assistant professor in 1971 and associate professor in 1977. He was chairman of the department from 1978 to 1981. His research focuses on Canada's military participation in the

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. He is also a specialist on Canada's contributions in the

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. His book ''A Knight in Politics: A Biography of Sir Frederick Borden'' was awarded the 2011

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for "distinguished publications on the twentieth-century military experience." He is married t
Pamela J. Miller
the well-known Osler scholar, and their son is Marc Miller.

Bibliography

* ''The Canadian career of the Fourth Earl of Minto: the education of a viceroy'' (

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, 1980) * ''Painting the Map Red: Canada and the South African War, 1899–1902'' ( McGill-Queen's University Press, 1993) * ''Canada's little war'' * ''A Knight in Politics: A Biography of Sir Frederick Borden'' (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010)

References

1940 births Living people Acadia University alumni Alumni of the University of London Canadian military historians Canadian male non-fiction writers Canadian university and college faculty deans Dalhousie University alumni Academic staff of McGill University {{Canada-historian-stub