Matthew Milner
Freelance Web Developer & Digital Historian at McGill University
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Top SchoolMatthew Milner is a freelance full-stack web developer and digital historian with over a decade of experience building CMS-driven projects and research tools for academic and humanities institutions. Based in St. John’s, NL, he combines hands-on web development and consulting with leadership as Assistant Director of the McGill Centre for Digital Humanities, translating scholarly requirements into sustainable digital infrastructure and successful grant-funded work. His research interests in chronometry, event modeling, and historical narrative inform technical designs that prioritize temporal accuracy and interpretive transparency—an uncommon focus that bridges archival rigor and modern web practices. Equally comfortable coding or advising on project strategy, he has a track record of enabling scholarly communication through custom platforms, teaching, and collaborative digital scholarship.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
LMS, Mediaeval Studies, LMS, Mediaeval Studies at Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, TorontoBA, History & Classics, BA, History & Classics at University of New BrunswickMA, History, MA, History at University of GuelphPhD, History, PhD, History at University of WarwickPostdoctorate, History, Postdoctorate, History at McGill University
English, English, Latin, French, German, Greek
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (56)
digital-humanities10
leaflet10
edtech10
omeka9
creative-commons9
maps9
elasticsearch8
java8
javascript8
search-engine7
geojson7
npm-package7
rest7
topojson7
csv7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
milnerm/nanohistory-ontology
Jun 2018 - Jul 2024
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
yyt-sidewalks/site
Jan 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:47 pushes in 2 years 4 months
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