Sir John Charles Miles (29 August 1870 – 12 January 1963) was an

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academic, Warden of

Merton College, Oxford Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 126 ...

, from 1936 until 1947.

Education

Born in

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, Miles was educated at

Shrewsbury School Shrewsbury School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Shrewsbury. Founded in 1552 by Edward VI by royal charter, to replace the town's Saxon collegiate foundations which were disestablished in the sixteenth century, Shrewsb ...

; and

Exeter College, Oxford Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and the fourth-oldest college of the university. The college was founde ...

Career

Miles trained as a barrister, joining the chambers of T.E.Scrutton, later a judge of the

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(1910–16) and then of the

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. He then joined Merton and was successively Tutor (1899–1930); Domestic Bursar, 1904–1923); Senior Research Fellow (1930–1936; and finally Warden. He was also Legal Assistant at the Ministry of Munitions from 1915 to 1918; and Solicitor to the Ministry of Labour from 1918 to 1919. Miles was a keen member of the

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Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Fellows of Merton College, Oxford Wardens of Merton College, Oxford People educated at Shrewsbury School 1870 births 1963 deaths Knights Bachelor {{UK-academic-bio-stub