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Edward Arthur Milne FRS [1] ( / mɪln /; 14 February 1896 – 21 September 1950) was a British astrophysicist and mathematician. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Biography. Milne was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England.
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- 21 September 1950 (aged 54), Dublin, Ireland
- 14 February 1896, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England
Mar 27, 2024 · Edward Arthur Milne (born Feb. 14, 1896, Hull, Yorkshire, Eng.—died Sept. 21, 1950, Dublin) was an English astrophysicist and cosmologist best known for his development of kinematic relativity. Milne was educated at the University of Cambridge and served as assistant director of the Solar Physics Observatory at Cambridge from 1920 to 1924.
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Sep 23, 2021 · February 14, 1896. Date of Death. : September 21, 1950. Arthur Milne was born in Hull, England. His university education consisted of but a year and a half at the University of Cambridge, which he left to engage in important research on the physics of antiaircraft guns during World War I. Afterward he spent five years at Cambridge, where he ...
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Mathematician, Astrophysicist, Cosmologist. Arthur Milne was born in Hull to a modest family with deep Yorkshire roots. From Hymers College, where he had a free place, he won enough scholarships (five) to pay for his university education at Trinity College, Cambridge.
From the early 1930s, Milne's interests focused increasingly on relativity theory and cosmology. From 1932 he worked on the problem of the "expanding universe" and in Relativity, Gravitation, and World-Structure (1935), proposed an alternative to Albert Einstein 's general relativity theory.
astrophysics, cosmology. Milne was one of the foremost pioneers of theoretical astrophysics and modern cosmology, and his name was often linked with those of Eddington and Jeans, although, unlike them, he wrote no books on astronomy for the general public. He was the eldest of three brothers who all entered on scientific careers.
Download reference work entry PDF. Born Hull, England, 14 February 1896. Died Dublin, Ireland, 21 September 1950. British mathematician Edward Milne contributed many of the ideas that have made it possible to analyze the spectra of stars and determine the temperatures, densities, and chemical compositions of their atmospheres, some of those ...
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