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地震学家、地质学家米尔恩是英国人,于1850年12月30日出生在英国利物浦。米尔恩青年时代在英国皇家矿业学院学习地质和矿物学。1875年,英国政府派他作为英国专家组的地质学家,去日本协助指导矿山工作。1876年,日本政府聘请他担任东京工程学院地质学和矿物学教授,后又被东京帝国大学任命为世界上第一位地震学教授。1895年7月米尔恩结束了在日本的工作,回国后继续地震研究工作和社会活动,并被英国不列颠科学促进协会任命为地震学研究委员会干事。
Seismologist and geologist Milne was an Englishman and was born on December 30, 1850 in Liverpool, England. Milne was studying geology and mineralogy at the Royal College of Mines in his youth. In 1875, the British government sent him as a geologist from the British expert group to Japan to help guide the mining work. In 1876, the Japanese government hired him as professor of geology and mineralogy at the Tokyo Institute of Engineering and later appointed by the Tokyo Imperial University as the world’s first professor of seismology. In July 1895 Milne ended her work in Japan and returned home to continue the earthquake research and social activities. She was also appointed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science as the Seismological Research Council officer.