Dwight C. Miner

Dwight Carroll Miner (1904 – August 1, 1978)[1] was an American historian. He was the Moore Collegiate Professor of History at Columbia University. Miner was named one of the top ten collegiate teachers in the United States in 1966 by Time magazine and was featured on the cover of its May 6, 1966, issue.[2]

Biography

Miner was born in 1904 near Morningside Heights, Manhattan.[3] His father was Roy Waldo Miner, an ecologist and curator of marine life at the American Museum of Natural History. Miner attended the Horace Mann School and received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., all from Columbia University.[2][4] He wrote his doctoral thesis on the Panama Canal.[2]

Miner joined the Columbia history faculty as an instructor at 23 years old, became a full professor in 1948, and was named the Moore Collegiate Professor in 1967. Miner retired in 1973.[2]

Miner was editor of the 17‐volume Bicentennial History of Columbia University.[2]

During his lifetime, Miner was regularly voted one of Columbia's most popular teachers.[5] Time magazine, on its May 6, 1966, issue, pictured him on its cover as one of America's ten great college teachers.[6]

Miner died on August 1, 1978, at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, where he was a resident.[2]

References
  1. "Dwight C. Miner". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  2. Ennis, Thomas W. (August 2, 1978). "Dwight C. Miner, Ex‐Professor Of U.S. History at Columbia, 73". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  3. "Dwight D. Miner papers on the history of Columbia University, 1938-1978". Columbia University Libraries Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  4. Boss-Bicak, Shira. "Hamilton 100". Columbia College Today. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  5. "Dwight Miner". The Core Curriculum. Columbia College. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  6. "Great Teachers". Time. May 6, 1966. p. Cover. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
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