John Milne
1850–1913
Geologist and seismologist. Educated at King’s College, London, and the Royal School of Mines. Professor of mining and geology at the Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo, 1875. Following the Yokohama earthquake of 1880, began to develop instruments to record earthquakes anywhere in the world. Co-developer of the first successful seismograph, 1896. Returned to England in 1895 and set up a seismological observatory at Shide, Isle of Wight. FRS 1887.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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