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R. DeWitt Miller
Richard DeWitt Miller (January 22, 1910 - June 3, 1958) was an American writer of science fiction and Forteana, and was widely considered one of the foremost authorities on the supernormal, having ...view moreRichard DeWitt Miller (January 22, 1910 - June 3, 1958) was an American writer of science fiction and Forteana, and was widely considered one of the foremost authorities on the supernormal, having accumulated vast files of authenticated case histories of inexplicable happenings through years of research.
Born in Los Angeles, California in 1910, his father, Kenton, was a lawyer and Republican, having moved to southern California with his wife, Vetrice, in 1905. Their only child, Richard, graduated from the University of Southern California in 1933 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
His first science-fiction publication, “The Shapes,” appeared in Astounding Science Fiction in 1936. His non-fiction books include You Do Take It With You (1936) (a book about Fortean phenomena) as well as The Mastery of the Master (1944), Stranger Than Life (1955), You Do Take It with You: An Adventure into the Vaster Reality (1955), and Reincarnation: The Whole Startling Story (1956). Miller also authored a fantasy work entitled The Loose Board in the Floor (1951).
He often spoke over national radio hook-ups, discussing flying saucers and other strange things of our time. He also believed that flying disks would probably be back. His interest in “forgotten memories” was based on his belief that the intelligent study of mysterious and eerie happenings in every branch of science, every realm of human investigation and experience, is vital to man’s understanding of his world.
In 1937, he married Ellora Fogle, who became the national editor of Phi Beta Fraternity’s publication Baton (1953-1956) and later director of honors of the fraternity, and with whom Miller collaborated on two books and several articles concerning the field of psychical research.
Miller passed away in Los Angeles, California in 1958, aged just 48.view less