Edward Arthur Milne, 1896-1950

Edward Arthur Milne was born at Hull on 14 February 1896. His father Sidney Arthur Milne, one of the thirteen children of Joshua Milne of H.M. Customs, Hull, was headmaster of St Mary’s Church of England School, Salthouse Lane, Hull. He was a man of high ideals and steadfast religious convictions and Milne had no hesitation in describing his father as the greatest influence in his early life. Milne’s mother, Edith Milne, nee Cockcroft, who survives him with her youngest son, was born at Pontefract. Arthur—he was always known by his second Christian name—was the eldest of three brothers who all entered upon scientific careers.