Louis Compton Miall

Louis Compton Miall FRS (12 September 1842, Bradford – 21 February 1921, Leeds) was an English palaeontologist and biologist who was Professor of Biology at the University of Leeds. Early life In 1857 Miall, under the direction of his father, kept a small day-school, teaching younger students. He independently studied zoology and geology, joined a botanical society at Todmorden, and published papers in various journals. Academic career From 1871 to 1892 Miall was curator of the museum of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. From 1876 to 1904 he was Professor of Biology at the Yorkshire College. After the Yorkshire College became the University of Leeds in 1904, Miall continued in the same role until he retired in 1907. He was succeeded by both V H Blackman, FRS (as professor of botany) and Walter Garstang (as professor of zoology). In 1892 Miall was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS). From 1904 to 1906 he was Fullerian Professor of Physiology at the Royal Institution. At the annual meetings of the British Association he presided over the zoological section in 1897 and the education section in 1908.