| Main entry | Miner, Muriel Miller |
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| Birth place | Hartland, New Brunswick |
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| Birth date | 15 September 1908 |
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| Death place | Peterborough, Ontario |
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| Death date | 4 April 1987 |
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| Identifier | 0454 |
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| Birth name | Muriel Margaret Miller |
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| Alternate names | Muriel Miller; Muriel Miner |
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| Married name | Miner |
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| Marital status | married |
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| Religious affiliation | Presbyterian |
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| Degree and date | BA, University of New Brunswick (1931); MA, University of Toronto (1933) |
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| Paid work | journalist |
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| Biography | Born in Hartland, New Brunswick, Muriel Margaret Miller (1908-1987) is probably best known for her work on Bliss Carman. In 1931 she received the Douglas Gold Medal for her essay on Carman, and in 1936 she achieved an honorable mention from the Canadian Women's Press Club for her biography, BLISS CARMAN: A PORTRAIT (1935). Muriel graduated with a BA from the University of New Brunswick (1931) and earned her MA at the University of Toronto (1933). After marrying Julian Miner, she had two sons. Her works have been published variously under "Muriel Miller" and "Muriel Miner." In all, she published three biographies, a novel for children, a collection of biographical profiles, and wrote a play. |
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| Honours and awards | Award for essay on Bliss Carman, Douglas Gold Medal (1931); 1st Honourable Mention for BLISS CARMAN: A PORTRAIT (Canadian Women's Press Club, 1936) |
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| Residences | Hartland, New Brunswick (1908); Carleton, New Brunswick (1911); Kingston, Ontario; Toronto; Timmins, Ontario; Peterborough, Ontario |
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| Geographic regions | Southern Ontario |
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| Primary genres | non-fiction (biography); fiction (juvenile); poetry; journalism |
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| Books | BLISS CARMAN: A PORTRAIT (1935); HOMER WATSON, THE MAN OF DOON (1938); PETER'S ADVENTURES IN THE OUT-OF-DOORS (1940); G.A. REID, CANADIAN ARTIST (1946); FAMOUS CANADIAN ARTISTS (1983) |
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| Organizations | Canadian Authors Association; Canadian Women's Press Club |
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| Father's name | Samuel Seward Miller |
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| Life dates of father | 24 April 1865, St. John, New Brunswick - after 1929; m. 1899 |
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| Father's note | druggist |
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| Mother's name | Maud Mary Henderson |
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| Life dates of mother | 15 October 1867, Upper Woodstock, Ontario - after 1940; m. 1899 |
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| Mother's note | Wrote HISTORY OF UPPER WOODSTOCK (1940); daughter of Alex Henderson, owner of Henderson Furniture Store |
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| Spouse 1 | Julian Miner |
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| Life dates of spouse 1 | c1901 - |
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| Spouse 1 note | salesman (?) |
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| Children number | 2 |
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| Children's names and dates | Michael Miner;
Brian Miner |
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| Biographical references | Dagg, THE FEMININE GAZE (2001), pp. 214-15; 1911 Census of Canada |
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| Bibliographic references | Watters, CHECKLIST OF CANADIAN LITERATURE...1620-1960 (1970), pp. 96, 346, 931 |
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| Research references | complete |
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| Archival references | correspondence, Queen's University Archives; references to Miner's artistic career, Newton McTavish papers, North York Public Library |
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| Image credits | Image courtesy of Archives & Special Collections, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB (Encoenia 1928 Composite). This image has been cropped from the original collection. |
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| Copyright | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/. Please cite Canada's Early Women Writers. SFU Library Digital Collections. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. 1980-2014. |
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