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
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Published resources
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
Rebecca Rigby; Ken McInnes
Created: 8 May 2012, Last modified: 11 September 2024