Isaac Milner | |
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.jpg) Isaac Milner (1750–1820) | |
| Born | 11 January 1750 |
| Died | 1 April 1820 (aged 70) Cambridge, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Chemical production of nitrous acid |
| Relatives | Joseph Milner (brother) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician and chemist |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Isaac Milner FRS (11 January 1750 – 1 April 1820) was a mathematician, an inventor, the President of Queens' College, Cambridge and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.[1]
He was instrumental in the 1785 religious conversion of William Wilberforce and helped him through many trials and was a great supporter of the abolitionists' campaign against the slave trade, steeling Wilberforce with his assurance before the 1789 parliamentary debate:
If you carry this point in your whole life, that life will be better spent than in being prime minister of many years.[2]
He was also a natural philosopher and the Dean of Carlisle.
- ^ "Lucasian Chair". Archived from the original on 29 December 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
- ^ BBC Radio 4 In our Time, Feb 22 2007