Though he had no academic credentials, he is today considered one of Scotland's premier palaeontologists.
- "Hugh Miller stood just short of 6ft tall, a man of most striking appearance with a great mass of flaming red hair and "sapphire" blue eyes." https://www.thefriendsofhughmiller.org.uk/hugh-miller-a-bri…
- "Miller's nickname amongst scientists and publishers was “Old Red.” He
was appropriately named, for he had abundant, unruly red hair." http://www.fossilnews.com/hugh-millers-old-fish-story/
- "His appearance helped him stand out from the crowd; he grew to be 6’2” and had a full and flowing head of red hair." https://scotlandsnature.blog/2014/09/02/hugh-miller/
- "... was known affectionately by his friends as Old Red, both on account of his shock of red hair and his insightful, ground-breaking work into the vast sandstone deposits across Scotland that bear the same name." https://www.scottishgeology.com/robert-macfarlane-on-hugh-…/
- "His appearance helped him stand out from the crowd; he grew to be 6’2” and had a full and flowing head of red hair." https://scotlandsnature.blog/2014/09/02/hugh-miller/
- "... was known affectionately by his friends as Old Red, both on account of his shock of red hair and his insightful, ground-breaking work into the vast sandstone deposits across Scotland that bear the same name." https://www.scottishgeology.com/robert-macfarlane-on-hugh-…/
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