John Millington
Male, Deceased Person
1779 – 1868
Who was John Millington?
John Millington was an English engineer who became an academic in the USA.
He was a licensed attorney in England before he began his engineering career. He served as professor of mechanics at the Royal Institution from 1817 to 1829 and in 1825 he delivered the inaugural Royal Institution Christmas Lecture. He then worked as an engineer with the Anglo-Mexican Mining Association in 1829.
Millington served as Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy at the College of William and Mary from 1836-1848, Professor of Chemistry and Natural Science at the University of Mississippi. He obtained a doctoral degree in medicine and served as Professor at the Memphis Medical College.
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