Edward Hyslop Milligan (27 March 1922 – 26 July 2020),[1][2] also known as Ted Milligan, was a Quaker historian and the former librarian at Friends House, London.
He was the author of The Biographical Dictionary of British Quakers in Commerce and Industry 1775-1920,[3] which includes entries for some 2,800 people.
He received the 2009 Besterman/McColvin Award for this work [4] and an Honorary degree from Lancaster University [5] The ‘’Biographical Dictionary’’ was reviewed in ‘’Archives’’, ‘’The Friend’’, ‘’Friends Quarterly’’, ‘’Quaker Studies’’, ‘’Quaker History’’, and ‘’The Journal of the Friends Historical Society’’.
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.
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).