Alonzo Ames Miner (August 17, 1814 – June 14, 1895) was a Universalist minister.

Born in Lempster, New Hampshire, he was the second of five children and only son of Benajah Ames and Amanda (Carey) Miner.

[1] He taught school in rural Vermont and New Hampshire before being ordained a Universalist minister in 1839.

[2] One of the founders of Tufts, he rescued the college from near bankruptcy and instituted many new educational programs as president from 1862 to 1875.

Alonzo Ames Miner died at his home in Boston on June 14, 1895.