TY - JOUR
AU - Ruse, H. S.
AB - W. L. EDGE AND H. S. RUSE (The biographical introduction to this notice is by H. S. Ruse; the appraisal of Milne's mathematical work and the compilation of Milne's mathematical publica- tions is due to W. L. Edge.) William Proctor Milne, who, at the time of his death, was Emeritus Professor of Mathematics in the University of Leeds, was born in Longside, Aberdeenshire, on 22 May, 1881, and died on 3 September, 1967. His wife Mary (nee Burnett) had died in 1953, but he was survived by his son (Burnett) and his daughter (Elizabeth). Having received his early education at Peterhead Academy and Aberdeen Gram- mar School, he had a brilliant career at the University of Aberdeen, where he was awarded several prizes, a gold medal and the Fullerton and Ferguson Scholarships. He graduated with first-class honours in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy and then went to Clare College, Cambridge. He became Fourth Wrangler in 1906, and obtained a first class in Part II of the Mathematical Tripos. He was mathematics master at Clifton College, Bristol, from 1907 until 1919, and in the latter year was appointed Professor of Mathematics at the University of Leeds, a post held by him 
TI - William Proctor Milne
JF - Journal of the London Mathematical Society
DO - 10.1112/jlms/s1-44.1.565
DA - 1969-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/william-proctor-milne-evmz7lssfm
SP - 565
EP - 570
VL - s1-44
IS - 1
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