Peter Milner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Peter Milner

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1919

Place of Birth: Silkstone Common, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-Jun-2018

Profession: electrical engineer, academic, neuroscientist

Nationality: Canada, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Peter Milner (13 June 1919 – 2 June 2018) was a Canadian neuroscientist.
He was the husband of Dr.
Brenda Milner. Born in Yorkshire, England, Milner worked at the British Air Defence Research and Development Establishment before moving to Canada in 1944.
He was an electrical engineer, but became interested in neuroscience while Brenda was studying the subject at McGill University; he became a graduate student under the same supervisor as she, and later taught at McGill himself.
In collaboration with James Olds, he is credited with the discovery of the brain's pleasure centre in 1954.Milner received the Gold Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Canadian Psychology from the Canadian Psychological Association in 2005.