Person Milne; John (1850 - 1913) Milne John 1850 - 1913 British Male Mount Vernon, Liverpool, Lancashire, England 30 December 1850 Shide, Isle of Wight 30 or 31 July 1913

Tokyo, Japan (1882)

Seismology Mineralogy Education: 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 Only child of John Milne of Milnrow, Rochdale, and his wife Emma, daughter of James Twycross of Wokingham; married Tone, daughter of Horikawa Noritsune Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1908 Lectures: Bakerian 1906 Fellow 09/06/1887 Sources: 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 30 Dec 1850 - 30 or 31 Jul 1913 NA7131 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/5712308 b8b245d4-1709-456d-9d00-c7c07edc9b8a