John Milne ( 1850 - 1913 )

Birth: Mount Vernon, Liverpool, Lancashire, England (30 December 1850) Death: Shide, Isle of Wight (30 or 31 July 1913) Research Field: 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 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 9/06/1887 Medals/Prizes: Royal Medal 1908 Lectures: Bakerian 1906.