Background
Milligan was born at York on 26 April 1860, son of William Milligan, Doctor of Divinity professor of Biblical Criticism at Aberdeen University, and himself studied at Aberdeen University, Master of Arts
Milligan was born at York on 26 April 1860, son of William Milligan, Doctor of Divinity professor of Biblical Criticism at Aberdeen University, and himself studied at Aberdeen University, Master of Arts
1879.
He is best known today for his work with James Hope Moulton (1863–1917) on The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament (1915), still a standard reference work for the hapax legomena of the New Testament.