Edward H. Milligan
Encyclopedia
Edward Hyslop Milligan also known as Ted Milligan, is a Quaker historian and the former librarian at Friends House, London. He is the author of The Biographical Dictionary of British Quakers in Commerce and Industry 1775-1920, which includes entries for some 2,800 people. He received the 2009 Besterman/McColvin Award for this work and an Honorary degree from Lancaster University
Educated at Ackworth School
and the University of Reading
, he was the Librarian and Archivist of Meeting for Sufferings
of Britain Yearly Meeting
, responsible for the Library at Friends House, London for 25 years from 1957 to 1985. He was succeeded by Malcolm J Thomas.
On his retirement, he was presented with a Festschrift
: A Quaker miscellany for Edward H. Milligan, edited by David Blamires, Jeremy Greenwood and Alex Kerr (1985). This includes:
Educated at Ackworth School
Ackworth School
Ackworth School is an independent school located in the village of High Ackworth, near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It is one of eight Quaker Schools in England. The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and SHMIS . The Head is Kathryn Bell, who succeeded...
and the University of Reading
University of Reading
The University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition...
, he was the Librarian and Archivist of Meeting for Sufferings
Meeting for Sufferings
Meeting for Sufferings is an executive committee of Britain Yearly Meeting, the body which acts on behalf of members of the Religious Society of Friends in Great Britain and the Crown Dependencies...
of Britain Yearly Meeting
Britain Yearly Meeting
The Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain, also known as Britain Yearly Meeting , is a religious organisation in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, often defined as a denomination of Christianity.It is a part of the international religious...
, responsible for the Library at Friends House, London for 25 years from 1957 to 1985. He was succeeded by Malcolm J Thomas.
On his retirement, he was presented with a Festschrift
Festschrift
In academia, a Festschrift , is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during his or her lifetime. The term, borrowed from German, could be translated as celebration publication or celebratory writing...
: A Quaker miscellany for Edward H. Milligan, edited by David Blamires, Jeremy Greenwood and Alex Kerr (1985). This includes:
- "A bibliography of the writings of Edward H Milligan to 1984" by David Hall and Malcolm Thomas. The diversity of his interests and the erudition of his friends is shown by the contents of the Miscellany:
- E. H. M. at Yearly Meeting 1984. Photograph by Roger Haworth, courtesy The Friend
- 'My! How you've grown!'", by Chris Barber
- Joseph Sherwood, Quaker attorney and notary c.1734-73, by Melanie Barber
- Quakers observed in verse and prose, by David Blamires
- Cushions on every other bench: a basis for rapprochement among American Friends, by Tom Bodine
- The ramblings of a recording clerk, by Geoffrey Bowes
- Local variations in Quaker meeting houses' by David Butler
- Quakers and Muggletonians in seventeenth-century Ireland, by Kenneth L. Carroll
- Wounded healers: ministry and pastoral care in a broken world, by Jo Farrow (Quaker)
- Rather odd people, by Elfrida VipontElfrida VipontElfrida Vipont was the pen name of Elfrida Vipont Foulds , a British children's author. She was also a schoolteacher and a prominent member of the Society of Friends in England.-Parentage and education:...
Foulds - Quakers in the looking-glass of the stage, by Ormerod Greenwood
- English and Irish Quakers and Irish Home Rule 1886-93, by Howard F. Gregg
- Written epistlesEpistle (Quaker)Quaker epistle: in the 17th Century, the Quaker movement revived the Gospel use of the word "epistle" to mean an advisory or admonitory letter, sent to a group of people, sometimes termed a "general epistle"...
of London Yearly Meeting in the eighteenth century, by David J. HallDavid J. HallDavid J. Hall is an underwater wildlife photographer, author, and naturalist. His photographs have appeared in hundreds of books, magazines, calendars, and other print media worldwide, including National Geographic, Smithsonian, Natural History, Sierra, Time, Science, Scientific American, Geo,... - God at London Yearly Meeting 1900, by Hope Hewison
- Thomas RickmanThomas RickmanThomas Rickman , was an English architect who was a major figure in the Gothic Revival.He was born at Maidenhead, Berkshire, into a large Quaker family, and avoided the medical career envisaged for him by his father, a grocer and druggist; he went into business for himself and married his first...
in France, by Alex Kerr - The essence of Friends House: a view from the centre, by Jon North
- Women in the Society of Friends, by Janet Scott
- The Committee on General Meetings 1875-83, by Malcolm J. Thomas
- A cartoon by Lesley Webster
- The 1966 statement on membership in the Religious Society of Friends: a memoir, by Arthur J. White
- 'We shall never thrive upon ignorance' (J.J.GurneyJoseph John GurneyJoseph John Gurney was a banker in Norwich, England and an evangelical Minister of the Religious Society of Friends , whose views and actions led, ultimately, to a schism among American Quakers.-Biography:...
): the service of John Wilhelm RowntreeJohn Wilhelm RowntreeJohn Wilhelm Rowntree was a chocolate and confectionery manufacturer and Quaker religious activist and reformer....
1893-1905,by Roger C. WilsonRoger C. WilsonRoger C. Wilson was a composer of church music active from about 1940 until about 1975. His works were frequently included in Lorenz Publishing's serials during this era, and many were subsequently anthologized.... - Subscribers, Colophon, Contributors
Publications
- Britannica on Quakerism (1965) - reproducing the Encyclopædia Britannica article.
- The Past Is Prologue: 100 Years of Quaker Overseas Work 1868-1968. (1968).
- My Ancestors Were Quakers: How Can I Find Out More About Them?, with Malcolm J. Thomas. Society of Genealogists "My ancestor" series, First published in 1983. Reprinted several times - current 1999.
- So Numerous a Family: 200 Years of Quaker Education at AckworthAckworth SchoolAckworth School is an independent school located in the village of High Ackworth, near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It is one of eight Quaker Schools in England. The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and SHMIS . The Head is Kathryn Bell, who succeeded...
, 1779-1979, with Elfrida VipontElfrida VipontElfrida Vipont was the pen name of Elfrida Vipont Foulds , a British children's author. She was also a schoolteacher and a prominent member of the Society of Friends in England.-Parentage and education:...
Foulds (1979). - Quakers & Railways (1992).
- The Biographical Dictionary of British Quakers in Commerce and Industry 1775-1920 (2007).
- Pictorial Guide to the Quaker TapestryQuaker TapestryThe Quaker Tapestry consists of 77 panels illustrating the history of Quakerism from the 17th century up to the present day. The idea of Quaker Anne Wynn-Wilson, the tapestry has a permanent home at the Friends Meeting House at Kendal, Cumbria, England....
, (1998). - ODNB: Ted Milligan has contributed 18 articles to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
External links
- Audio clip: Talk by Edward H Milligan to the Friends Historical Society "Biography as the foundation of history" 14 February 2008. MP3 file: 39.7mb - 42 Minutes. (accessed 22 February 2008).