Hugh Graham Miller, FICFor, (22 November 1939 – 31 October 2019) was professor emeritus of

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and former head of the Department of Forestry at the

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. In 1981 he was awarded the Scientific Achievement Award by the

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Education

Hugh Miller was educated at

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, and at the University of Aberdeen, graduating in 1963 with a degree in forestry.

Career

Upon graduation Miller joined the

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for Soil Research in Aberdeen as a scientific officer. In 1970 he was appointed senior scientific officer and principal scientific officer in 1976. He specialised in researching forest bio-geochemistry. In 1981 he was awarded the Scientific Achievement Award by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations for his 'research in nutrient cycling through forest ecosystems, including processes in the growth response of trees and forest soils to fertilizers'. In 1984 Miller was appointed professor and head of the Department of Forestry at the University of Aberdeen. He was head of the Department of Forestry until 2000 and retired in 2004. Professor Miller was president of the

Institute of Chartered Foresters The Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) is the professional body for foresters and arboriculturists in the United Kingdom. Its royal charter A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters pat ...

(1994-1996); chairman of the

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Forestry Education Committee to 1998; chairman,

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(FC) Research Agency Advisory Committee (1994-2003); chairman, FC Regional Advisory Committee for the North of Scotland (1997-2004); journal editor:

Forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...

; editorial boards: Tree Physiology, Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research; director, Forest Industries Development Council, IUFRO Working Party on Forestry Education. In 2012 he was appointed the chairman of PEFC UK Limited.

Publications

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Honours and awards

Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters in 1979. In 1981 he was awarded the Scientific Achievement Award by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations. Fellow of the

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in 1985. Appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent

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in 1996. In 2007 he was awarded the Medal of the Institute of Chartered Foresters.

References

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