The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Miller, Ferdinand, Baron von

MILLER, Ferdinand, Baron von, German sculptor and bronze founder: b. Munich, 8 June 1842. He studied under his father, Ferdinand von Miller (q.v.), and afterward in London, Paris, Berlin, Dresden and Munich. He later traveled in Italy; served in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71, with rank of lieutenant; and afterward traveled in the United States. He became a director of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in 1900, and received the title of baron in 1912. His work is well represented in the United States and includes the figure of a soldier for the Soldier's Monument at Charleston; statues of Shakespeare, Columbus and Humbolt at Saint Louis, and the statuary for a magnificent fountain at Cincinnati. He also executed the equestrian statue of Emperor William I, at Metz, and others of King Ludwig I, Prince-Regent Leopold, Prince Friederich-Karl, etc.