Person

Milner, Samuel Roslington (Ross) (1875 - 1958)

FRS

Born
22 August 1875
Dodworth, Yorkshire, 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.

Details

Chronology

1895 - c. 1897
Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship, to continue studies in Physics
1897 - 1898
Education - Doctoral Research at Institüt für Physikalische Chemie, University of Göttingen
1898 - 1900
Career position - Demonstrator in physics, Owens College, University of Manchester, England
1901 - c. 1914
Career position - Lecturer in Physics, Firth College (later Sheffield University),
1914 - c. 1917
Military service - Assistant radiographer, RAMC, Third Northern General Hospital
1917 - 1940
Career position - Chair of Physics, Sheffield University, England
1921
Career event - Professor of Physics, Sheffield University, England
1922
Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
1940
Life event - Retired from Sheffield University

Published resources

Resources

Rebecca Rigby; Ken McInnes

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