Frank Milner CMG (7 November 1875 – 2 December 1944) was a notable New Zealand school principal and educationalist. He was born in Nelson, New Zealand on 7 November 1875. [1]
Milner was educated at Nelson College from 1889 to 1892, [2] and at Canterbury College, where he completed his BA in English and Latin in 1895, and his MA with first-class honours in language and literature in 1896. [1]
He taught at Nelson College between 1897 and 1906, and applied unsuccessfully for the headmaster's position there in 1903. [1] From 1906 until his death in 1944 Milner was the rector of Waitaki Boys' High School in Oamaru, where he was known as "The Man". [1] In January 1907, he married Florence Violet George in Wellington. [3]
In the 1925 New Year Honours Milner was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in recognition of his services to education in New Zealand, [4] and in 1935 he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. [5]
He was to stand in Oamaru for the National Party in the cancelled 1941 general election. [1]
His son Ian Milner was later an Australian diplomat and civil servant, and then an academic at Charles University, Prague. [6]
Frank Milner CMG (7 November 1875 – 2 December 1944) was a notable New Zealand school principal and educationalist. He was born in Nelson, New Zealand on 7 November 1875. [1]
Milner was educated at Nelson College from 1889 to 1892, [2] and at Canterbury College, where he completed his BA in English and Latin in 1895, and his MA with first-class honours in language and literature in 1896. [1]
He taught at Nelson College between 1897 and 1906, and applied unsuccessfully for the headmaster's position there in 1903. [1] From 1906 until his death in 1944 Milner was the rector of Waitaki Boys' High School in Oamaru, where he was known as "The Man". [1] In January 1907, he married Florence Violet George in Wellington. [3]
In the 1925 New Year Honours Milner was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in recognition of his services to education in New Zealand, [4] and in 1935 he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. [5]
He was to stand in Oamaru for the National Party in the cancelled 1941 general election. [1]
His son Ian Milner was later an Australian diplomat and civil servant, and then an academic at Charles University, Prague. [6]