caption death_date death_place birth_place imagesize birth_date image article_title name occupation
kelly miller 29 december 1939 washington , d.c. winnsboro , south carolina 150px july 18 , 1863 kelly miller.jpg kelly miller -lrb- scientist -rrb-
 kelly miller mathematician author , sociologist , essayist , newspaper columnist and
kelly miller -lrb- scientist -rrb-

kelly miller -lrb- july 18 , 1863 -- december 29 , 1939 -rrb- was an african-american mathematician , sociologist , essayist , newspaper columnist , author , and an important figure in the intellectual life of black america for close to half a century .
he was known as `` the bard of the potomac '' in his day .
