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'''William Milo Keynes''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|n|z}} {{respell|KAYNZ|'}}; 9 August 1924 – 18 February 2009) was a British doctor and author. He was educated at [[Oundle School|Oundle]] and [[University of Cambridge]].<ref>[https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:373218/one?qu=%22rcs%3A+E001035%22&rt=false%7C%7C%7CIDENTIFIER%7C%7C%7CResource+Identifier  - Biographical entry - Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He was the brother of [[Richard Keynes|Richard]], [[Quentin Keynes|Quentin]] and [[Stephen Keynes|Stephen]]. He was interested in education and art, publishing books and essays about John Maynard Keynes, [[Isaac Newton]], and the history of science. Upon his death he bequeathed a number of rare artworks to the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref>[http://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/biogs/E001035b.htm Keynes, William Milo - Biographical entry - Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Milo was descended from a Cambridgeshire family that included both the lineage from two great families, the Keynes (of [[John Maynard Keynes]]) and Darwins (of [[Charles Darwin]]). He was the third son of Sir [[Geoffrey Keynes]], and his wife Margaret Darwin, daughter of Sir [[George Darwin]]. He was a great-grandson of the scientist [[Charles Darwin]], and the nephew of the famous Cambridge economist [[John Maynard Keynes]].

In 2010, his estate bequeathed a number of artworks and rare documents, including a portrait of [[John Maynard Keynes]] by [[Duncan Grant]], to the [[University of Cambridge]]'s [[Fitzwilliam Museum]].

==Books==
In 1983 Keynes edited a short collection of essays on his uncle and a biography of his uncle's wife, [[Lydia Lopokova]].<ref name="KraftReview">{{cite news|last1=Kraft|first1=Robert|title=What He Saw In Her: LYDIA LOPOKOVA Edited by Milo Keynes.(book review)|work=New York Times|date=29 April 1984|id={{ProQuest|122403145}}}}</ref><ref name="AnnanDarling">{{cite news|last1=Annan|first1=Gabriele|title=Everyone's Darling (book review)|publisher=The Observer|date=15 May 1983|id={{ProQuest|476834295}}}}</ref> He also wrote books on the [[history of science]], on [[Isaac Newton]] and on [[Mendelism]] in [[human genetics]].

==Bibliography==

* ''Essays on [[John Maynard Keynes]]''<ref name="OppenheimerReview">{{cite news|last1=Oppenheimer|first1=Peter|title=Keynes: Bloomsbury and beyond (book review)|publisher=[[The Observer]]|date=6 April 1975|id={{ProQuest|476273726}}}}</ref>
* ''A Century of Mendelism in Human Genetics''
* ''The Iconography of Sir [[Isaac Newton]] to 1800''
* {{cite book |title=Lydia Lopokova |date=1983 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=0312500394 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/lydialopokova0000unse }}
* ''Sir Francis Galton: The Legacy of His Ideas''
* ''Evolutionary Studies: Centenary Celebration of the Life of Julian Huxley''
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== References ==
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==See also==
*[[Keynes family]]
*[[Darwin–Wedgwood family]]

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