William Miller
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| William Miller | |
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 Portrait painting of William Miller, c. 1840 | |
| Born | 15 February 1782 Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
| Died | 20 December 1849 (67) Low Hampton, New York |
William Miller (February 15, 1782 - December 20, 1849) was an American farmer and Baptist minister who prophesied the Second Coming of Jesus Christ in 1843 (and later 1844), spawning a popular religious movement known as Millerism and the consequent Great Disappointment when the prophecy was seen to have failed to come to pass. His theology became a basis for later Advent movements, including the Advent Christians (1860) and the Seventh-day Adventists (1863).
Selected Bibliography
- Miller, William (1840), Evidence From Scripture and History of the Second Coming of Christ About the Year 1843, Exhibited In a Course of Lectures, Boston: B. B. Mussey, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009259447
- Miller, William (1842), A Familiar Exposition of the Twenty-fourth Chapter of Matthew, and the Fifth and Sixth Chapters of Hosea: To Which are Added an Address on the Advent, and a Scene of the Last Day, Boston: Joshua V. Himes, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009729433
Reading
- A Brief History of William Miller: the Great Pioneer In Adventual Faith, Boston: Advent Christian Publication Society, 1915, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100336494