Ferdinand von Miller's son Ferdinand (1842–1929) followed in his father's footsteps and is known in the United States for some of the figures on the Tyler Davidson Fountain in Cincinnati (at the unveiling on October 6, 1871, at which he was honored).
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After a sojourn at the academy in Munich and a preliminary engagement at the royal brass foundry, Miller traveled to Paris in 1833, where he learnt from Soyer and Blus the varied technique necessary for bronze working.
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In 1840 he married Anna Pösl (1815–1890), daughter of the Chancellor of the regional government of Landshut, who bore him 14 children.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Arthur Miller | Otto von Bismarck | Ferdinand Marcos | Glenn Miller | Alexander von Humboldt | Henry Miller | Wernher von Braun | Carl Maria von Weber | Ferdinand Magellan | Herbert von Karajan | Franz Ferdinand | Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher | Ferdinand II of Aragon | Barney Miller | John von Neumann | Franz Ferdinand (band) | Lars von Trier | Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria | Sienna Miller | Ferdinand von Mueller | Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor | Ferdinand I | Paul von Hindenburg | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation | Heinrich von Kleist | Anne Sofie von Otter | Roger Miller | Dennis Miller | Ferdinand |
Born in Munich into an Upper Bavarian family from Aichach, he was the son of the first supervisor of the royal ore foundry in Munich, Ferdinand von Miller (1813–1887) and his wife Anna Pösl (1815–1890).