Scientists

John Milne

miln (rhymes with kiln, the e is silent)

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Science Atlas. "John Milne." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://science.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/john-milne.

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@misc{scienceatlas-john-milne,
  author = {Science Atlas},
  title = {John Milne},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://science.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/john-milne},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

English geologist and seismologist (1850 to 1913) who, after the 1880 Yokohama earthquake, worked with James Alfred Ewing and Thomas Gray to design one of the first modern seismographs and founded the Seismological Society of Japan; he refined the design into the horizontal-pendulum Milne seismograph of 1893 and later ran a private seismological station on the Isle of Wight.

Facts

Birth Year

1850 1

Field

Seismology 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Founded

Seismology

Invented the horizontal pendulum seismograph (1880) and built the first global earthquake observatory network.

Source Seismology (Wikipedia)

Additional Source John Milne (Wikipedia)Career in England section

Invented

Seismograph

Designed one of the first modern seismographs after the 1880 Yokohama earthquake with James Alfred Ewing and Thomas Gray, then refined it into the 1893 horizontal-pendulum Milne seismograph.

Source John Milne (Wikipedia)