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Authorised form of nameMilne; John (1850 - 1913)
Dates1850 - 1913
NationalityBritish
Place of birthMount Vernon, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date of birth30 December 1850
Place of deathShide, Isle of Wight
Date of death30 or 31 July 1913
Research fieldSeismology
Mineralogy
ActivityEducation:
King's College, London; Royal School of Mines
Career:
Studied mineralogy in Freiburg; investigated mineral resources of Newfoundland and Labrador (1872-1874); collected skeletons of the great auk from Funk Island, Newfoundland; Professor of Geology and Mining, Imperial College of Tokyo (1875); studied earthquakes; founded the Seismological Society of Japan; returned to England (1895); Secretary, Seismological Society
Memberships:
FGS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/06/1887
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1908
Lectures:
Bakerian 1906
RelationshipsOnly child of John Milne of Milnrow, Rochdale, and his wife Emma, daughter of James Twycross of Wokingham; married Tone, daughter of Horikawa Noritsune
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP); DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1913-1914 vol 89 pp xxii-xxv signed by J P
Notes:
DNB (MP) and DSB give death date as 31 July 1913
References:
G Ferrari and A McConnell, 'Robert Mallet and the 'Great Neapolitan earthquake' of 1857 in NR 2005 vol 59 pp 45-64
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/5712308
CodeNA7131
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/003109Milne, Johnnd
MC/20/181Letter from John Milne, Shide, Newport, Isle of Wight, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison10 June 1905
EC/1887/13Milne, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/26/55Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society21 January 1903
NLB/1/575Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr Arnott, Ingleside[?], Birdhusrt Rise, Croydon23 September 1887
NLB/1/578Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr Arnott26 September 1887
NLB/2/655Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society4 October 1888
NLB/3/356Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Harrison & Son's[May 1889]
NLB/7/844Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mrs Arnott, Ingleside, Birdhurt Rise, Croydon8 May 1893
NLB/8/13Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society, Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo, Japan29 June 1893
NLB/11/457Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons5 July 1895
NLB/14/101Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society5 January 1897
NLB/14/103Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society5 January 1897
NLB/19/222Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Shide Hill House, Shide, Newport14 July 1899
NLB/22/504Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [John] Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society24 May 1901
NLB/19/115Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor George Carey Foster, [Fellow of the Royal Society]26 June 1899
NLB/26/112Copy letter from unknown correspondent to, Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society27 January 1903
NLB/34/559Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Dr John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society, Shide, Isle of Wight7 February 1907
NLB/23/1/622Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society, Shide, Newport, Isle of Wight16 December 1901
NLB/23/1/628Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society, Shide, Newport, Isle of Wight18 December 1901
NLB/23/2/318Copy letter sent from Sir Michael Foster, to The Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Office25 March 1903
NLB/23/1/834Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Professor John Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society] 30 January 1902
NLB/25/23Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society24 July 1902
NLB/25/368Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society23 October 1902
NLB/29/603Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Dr John Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]12 November 1904
NLB/25/558Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society 19 November 1902
NLB/26/801Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society, Newport4 June 1903
NLB/26/783Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society29 May 1903
NLB/28/38Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society22 December 1903
NLB/30/192Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society, Shide, Isle of Wight10 February 1905
NLB/30/104Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society30 January 1905
MC/20/179Letter from John Milne, Shide, Newport, Isle of Wight, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison26 February 1905
MC/20/180Letter from John Milne, Shide, Newport, Isle of Wight, to Sir Archibald [Geikie]24 May 1905
NLB/37/811Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to Professor J [John] Milne19 May 1908
NLB/30/817Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Mr [John] Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]29 May 1905
NLB/31/19Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society7 June 1905
NLB/28/785Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society20 May 1904
NLB/31/194Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor [John] Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]8 July 1905
NLB/31/257Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor [John] Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]17 July 1905
NLB/29/536Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to [John Milne], [Fellow of the Royal Society]2 November 1904
NLB/34/405Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society15 January 1907
NLB/32/177Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to John Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]22 January 1906
NLB/31/673Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor [John] Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]31 October 1905
NLB/32/260Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor John Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]8 February 1906
NLB/32/514Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society23 March 1906
NLB/32/395Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to John Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]5 March 1906
NLB/32/634Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society26 April 1906
NLB/34/322Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, John Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]3 January 1907
NLB/34/628Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society18 February 1907
NLB/34/394Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society, Shide, Isle of Wight14 January 1907
NLB/34/436Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society22 January 1907
NLB/34/447Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society25 January 1907
NLB/34/621Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society16 February 1907
NLB/38/25Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Dr John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society, Shide, Isle of Wight3 June 1908
NLB/37/35Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [John] Milne FRS14 January 1908
NLB/39/219Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [John] Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society12 December 1908
NLB/37/443Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [John] Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society20 March 1908
NLB/37/666Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to Dr John Milne Fellow of the Royal Society29 April 1908
NLB/42/291Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to John Milne, FRS [Fellow of the Royal Society], Shide Hill House, Shide, Newport, Isle of White10 May 1910
NLB/40/524Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [John] Milne FRS21 June 1909
NLB/41/308Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society18 November 1909
NLB/45/766Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [John] Milne FRS4 May 1912
NLB/45/785Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [John] Milne FRS, Shide, Newport, Isle of Wight7 May 1912
RR/9/77Referee's report by William Edward Ayrton, on a paper 'On seismic experiments' by John Milne and T Gray23 February 1882
RR/13/18Referee's report by John Milne, on a paper 'On the diurnal periodicity of earthquakes' by Charles Davison3 March 1896
RR/9/78Referee's report by John Wesley Judd, on a paper 'On seismic experiments' by John Milne and T Gray16 March 1882
MS/928/2/121Letter from John Milne, Seismological Society of Japan, Imperial University of Japan, Tokyo, to Charles Vernon Boys15 May 1891
MS/928/2/122Letter from John Milne, Seismological Society of Japan, Tokyo, to Charles Vernon Boys5 March 1892
RR/14/211Referee's report by John Milne, on a paper 'On the propagation of earthquake motion to great distances' by Richard Dixon Oldhamnd [July 1899]
NLB/30/725Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to [John] Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]12 May 1905
MC/18Volume 18 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1903
NLB/4/1050Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society5 January 1891
NLB/3/916List of corrections in the addresses of Royal Society Fellows8 November 1889
NLB/28/68Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society, Shide, Newport4 January 1904
NLB/30/253Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society20 February 1905
NLB/30/712Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor [John] Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]10 May 1905
NLB/31/65Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society14 June 1905
NLB/31/722Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor [John] Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]6 November 1905
NLB/29/657Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to John Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]21 November 1904
NLB/29/829Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society16 December 1904
NLB/34/755Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor Herbert Hall Turner, Fellow of the Royal Society5 March 1907
NLB/32/52Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to John Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]19 December 1905
NLB/35/785Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Dr John Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]16 July 1907
AP/73/2/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On lunar periodicities in earthquake frequency' by C G [Cargill Gilston] Knott1896
AP/73/2Unpublished paper, 'On lunar periodicities in earthquake frequency' by C G [Cargill Gilston] Knott1896
MC/16/1Letter from John Milne, Seismological Society of Japan, Tokio, to Lord Kelvin [William Thomson]4 January 1893
MC/18/168Letter from [John] Milne, Shide, Newport, Isle of Wight, to [Robert Willilam Frederick] Harrison5 June 1903
MC/18/36Letter from William de Wiveleslie Abney, Board of Education, South Kensington, London, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House21 March 1903
MC/18/37Letter from F G Ogilvie, Board of Education, South Kensington, London, to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House1 May 1903
MC/16Volume 16 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1893-1896
MC/20/177Letter from John Milne, Shide, Newport, Isle of Wight, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison12 January 1905
MC/20/178Letter from John Milne, Shide, Newport, Isle of Wight, to [Joseph] Larmor26 January 1905
NLB/30/96Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor John Milne, [Fellow of the Royal Society]27 January 1905
NLB/30/287Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society28 February 1905
NLB/30/802Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Milne, Fellow of the Royal Society25 May 1905
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