Frank Milner (7 November 1875 – 2 December 1944) was a notable New Zealand school principal and educationalist. He was born in

Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

, New Zealand on 7 November 1875. Milner was educated at

Nelson College Nelson College is the oldest state secondary school in New Zealand. It is an all-boys school in the City of Nelson that teaches from years 9 to 13. In addition, it runs a private preparatory school for year 7 and 8 boys. The school also has ...

from 1889 to 1892,''Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006'', 6th edition and at

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, where he completed his BA in English and Latin in 1895, and his MA with first-class honours in language and literature in 1896. He taught at Nelson College between 1897 and 1906, and applied unsuccessfully for the headmaster's position there in 1903. From 1906 until his death in 1944 Milner was the rector of

Waitaki Boys' High School Waitaki Boys' High School is a secondary school for boys located in the northern part of the town of Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand, with day and boarding facilities, and was founded in 1883. , it has a school roll of approximately 400 students. The ...

in Oamaru, where he was known as "The Man". In January 1907, he married Florence Violet George in Wellington. In the

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Milner was appointed a

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III. ...

in recognition of his services to education in New Zealand, and in 1935 he was awarded the

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. He was to stand in for the National Party in the cancelled 1941 general election. His son

Ian Milner Ian Frank George Milner (6 June 1911 – 31 May 1991) was a New Zealand Rhodes Scholar at New College, Oxford who had attended Waitaki Boys' High School. He was then a political scientist, a civil servant with the Australian Department of External ...

was later an Australian diplomat and civil servant, and then an academic at

Charles University ) , image_name = Carolinum_Logo.svg , image_size = 200px , established = , type = Public, Ancient , budget = 8.9 billion CZK , rector = Milena Králíčková , faculty = 4,057 , administrative_staff = 4,026 , students = 51,438 , undergr ...

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.''Intersecting Lines, the Memoirs of Ian Milner'' (Victoria University Press, 1993) edited and introduced by Vincent O'Sullivan

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