Hugh Robert Mill

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Hugh Robert Mill
Born28 May 1861 Edit this on Wikidata
Died5 April 1950 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 88)

Hugh Robert Mill

FRGS (28 May 1861 – 5 April 1950) was a British geographer and meteorologist who was influential in the reform of geography teaching, and in the development of meteorology as a science.[1] He was President of the Royal Meteorological Society
for 1907/8, and President of the Geographical Association in 1932.

Life

He was born in Thurso,[2] the son of Dr James Mill.[3]

He was educated locally then studied Sciences at the

British Association. He became president of the geographical section in 1901. In 1892 he was appointed librarian to the Royal Geographical Society in London. From 1902 to 1906, he was honorary secretary of the Royal Meteorological Society, and became its president in 1907.[2]

In 1890 he lived on Braid Road in south Edinburgh.[4]

Mill served on many committees connected with meteorology and allied subjects, including the International Council for the study of the sea (1901-8), and the

Metropolitan Water Board.[2]

In 1885 he was elected a Fellow of the

David Milne Home and Peter Guthrie Tait. He won the Society's Makdougall Brisbane Prize for the period 1890-92.[5] In November 1891 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.[6]

He held the post of secretary to the Royal Geographical Society during the Society's involvement with the leading British Antarctic expeditions of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a friend and confidant to Scott, Shackleton, and especially to William Speirs Bruce, who led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–04. He initiated Bruce's move from medicine to polar research by recommending him to the Dundee Whaling Expedition to the Antarctic, 1892–93, and to other Arctic expeditions.[7] In 1923 he produced the first full-length biography of Shackleton.

Mill received the

Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[11]

Recognition

He is commemorated in the naming of the Mill Glacier, a branch of the Beardmore Glacier at 85°10′S 168°30′E / 85.167°S 168.500°E / -85.167; 168.500.

Family

He was married twice: in 1889 to Frances McDonald; and in 1937 to Alfreda Dransfield.

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Today in Science History". www.todayinsci.com. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Mill, Hugh Robert" . Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company.
  3. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  4. ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1890
  5. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Second Meeting, 23rd November, 1891. Election of Fellows". Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society. New Series. 13: 731. 1891.
  7. ^ Speak, P. 17
  8. ^ "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36075. London. 26 February 1900. p. 8.
  9. ^ "Scottish Geographical Medal". Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002, Biographical Index Part Two" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  11. ^ List of Members|Hugh Robert Mill

Sources

  • "Today in Science History". www.todayinsci.com. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  • Speak, Peter: William Speirs Bruce, Polar Explorer and Scottish Nationalist National Museums of Scotland Publishing, Edinburgh 2003
    ISBN 1-901663-71-X

External links

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