John Milne
Sign in to saveBritish geologist, mining engineer and inventor of the horizontal pendulum seismograph (1850-1913)
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Liverpool
- Occupation
- inventor
- Position held
- foreign government advisor in Meiji Japan
- Educated at
- King's College London
- Employer
- University of Tokyo
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- seismology
- Field of work
- seismology
- Image
- Prof John Milne, 1913.jpg
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- Commons category
- John Milne
- date of birth
- 1850-12-30
- date of death
- 1913-07-31
- cause of death
- nephritis
- member of
- Royal Society
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- John Milne
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