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James Robert Milne
James Robert Milne Royal Scottish Society of Arts, PRSSA FRSE (c.1880–3 February 1961) was a 20th-century Scottish physicist. He served as President of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts from 1923 to 1925. Life He graduated with a BSc from the University of Edinburgh in 1899. He was an early radio engineer and ran the Edinburgh and District Radio Society from around 1900. In 1904 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Gordon MacGregor, Cargill Gilston Knott, William Peddie, and George Chrystal. He lived at 11 Melville Crescent in Edinburgh's West End.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1911 In 1908 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts. In 1923 he succeeded Richard Stanfield as President of the society. In 1925 he was succeeded in turn by R. S. Pilcher, Robert Stuart Pilcher. From 1912 to 1946 he lectured in physics at the University of Edinburgh. He died in Edinburgh on 3 February 1961. References 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Scottish Society Of Arts
The Royal Scottish Society of Arts is a learned society in Scotland, dedicated to the study of science and technology. It was founded as The Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts in Scotland by David Brewster, Sir David Brewster in 1821 and dedicated to ''"the promotion of invention and Entrepreneur, enterprise"''. The Society was granted a Royal Charter in 1841. Background For many years the promotion of invention and improvements of all sorts was the main business of the Society, and its meetings were the focus of a large and active cross-section of Edinburgh society - academics, gentry, professionals such as civil engineers and lawyers, and skilled craftsmen such as instrument makers, engravers and printers. The Society's published Transactions provide a record of changes in technology, and the Society's archive is held by the National Library of Scotland, and is a valuable resource to researchers. In more recent times, the Society's meeting programme has been bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |