Person
Milner, Samuel Roslington (Ross) (1875 - 1958)
FRS
- Born
- 22 August 1875
Dodworth, United Kingdom - Died
- 12 August 1958
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Educator and Physicist
Summary
Ross Milner was an English physicist with a strong interest in the physics of electrolytes and electro-magnetic fields. He lectured in physics at both Manchester and Sheffield Universities. From 1917 until his retirement in 1940 he held the position of Chair of Physics at Sheffield University. In 1952, he emigrated with his wife to Sydney, Australia to join their son, Christopher J. Milner, who had taken up the position of Chair of Applied Physics at the University of New South Wales.
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Chronology
- c. 1890 - ?
- Award - Awarded 1851 Scholarship to continue studies in Physics
- 1897 - 1898
- Education - Doctoral Research at Institüt für Physikalische Chemie at the University of Göttingen
- 1898 - 1900
- Career position - Demonstrator in physics at Owens College, Manchester, England
- 1901 - c. 1914
- Career position - Lecturer in Physics at Firth College (later Sheffield University),
- 1914 - c. 1917
- Career event - Assistant radiographer to the Third Northern General Hospital
- 1917 - 1940
- Career position - Chair of Physics at Sheffield University, England
- 1921
- Career event - Made Professor of Physics, Sheffield University, England
- 1922
- Award - Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1940
- Career event - Retired from position at Sheffield University
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Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7412202. Details
- 'Milner, Samuel Roslington (18750822-19580812)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1491909. Details
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Created: 8 May 2012, Last modified: 3 October 2012