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Frank Milne (mountaineer)

Mountaineer, guide

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ16029224 ↗
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Francis Middleton Milne (11 December 1891 – 9 January 1933) was a notable New Zealand mountaineer and guide. He was born in Taieri Beach, South Otago, New Zealand on 11 December 1891.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1891, 1933—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1891-12-11. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Frank, Milne and mountaineer providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Frank Milne (mountaineer)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.