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Cromarty
Hugh
Miller, (1802-1856), Scottish geologist and man of letters,
was born in humble circumstances at Cromarty, on the 10th
of October 1802; his father, Hugh Miller, a seaman, was drowned
when he was but five years old. His primary education was
acquired at a dames school and afterwards at the parish school,
and at the age of six he had learned that the art of reading
is the art of finding stories in books. At the age of twelve
he began to write verses. Two of his mothers brothers, James
and Sandy Wright, hard-working men at Cromarty.
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