Milne's letters to his brother Geoffrey, 1916

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MS. Eng. misc. b. 423/A.6, fols. 52-58

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Includes some reference to the early part of Milne's work with A.V. Hill and R.H. Fowler at the Anti-Aircraft Experimental Section, Munitions Inventions Department, though Milne writes that the information should be 'kept squat'.

Dates

Creation: 1916

Extent

7 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MS. Eng. misc. b. 423/A.6, fols. 52-58

Former reference:

CSAC 102/6/84/A.6

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Geoffrey Milne (1898-1942) was two years younger than Arthur. He was educated at Leeds University and served in the First World War with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and with the Royal Engineers Sound-ranging Section.

Afterwards he became an agricultural scientist with special interest in soil research, working in East Africa and elsewhere on tropical agriculture and soil conservation. A short account of his career, published in 1978 by Mrs. Kathleen Milne (widow), from which this information is drawn, is included at MS. Eng. misc. b.423/A.21.