Sir John Charles Miles (29 August 1870 – 12 January 1963)[1] was anEnglish academic, Warden ofMerton College, Oxford, from 1936 until 1947.[2]
Born inNotting Hill, Miles was educated atShrewsbury School; andExeter College, Oxford.[3]
Miles trained as a barrister, joining the chambers ofT.E.Scrutton, later a judge of theKing's Bench Division (1910–16) and then of theCourt of Appeal.[4] He then joined Merton and was successivelyTutor (1899–1930); Domestic Bursar, 1904–1923); Senior Research Fellow (1930–1936; and finally Warden.
He was also Legal Assistant at the Ministry of Munitions from 1915 to 1918; and Solicitor to the Ministry of Labour from 1918 to 1919.
Miles was a keen member of theWorshipful Company of Weavers.[3]
Cases illustrating General Principles of the Law of Contract. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1923.
The Assyrian Laws. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1935.
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