John Milne

John Milne spent nearly 20 years in Japan studing seismology (scientific study of earthquakes) which he virtually founded in its modern form. Born in Liverpol in 1850 he retired from Japan to Shide Hill House in 1895.

He built an observatory there and many vistors and students came to his house. He died in 1913 and is buried in St. Paul's Churchyard in Barton.

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