Owen W. Mills (1865-1924) was born in Shoreham, Vermont, and died in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He was a graduate of Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and taught in the public schools of Bristol, New Hampshire, and then in Millbury, Massachusetts. Afterwards, he studied biology at Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. In 1918, he was appointed professor of biology at Middlebury College, a position he held until his passing. Although he expressed an interest in Christian Science, there is no record of him studying with Mary Baker Eddy or uniting with the Church of Christ (Scientist).

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