Gustav Milne studied archaeology at
University of Oxford and completed his
MPhil at the
University of London, where he wrote a thesis on ancient harbour installations. He started his career as a volunteer for the
Guildhall Museum at the site of
Custom House in the City of London. Between 1973 and 1991 he worked for the
Museum of London as a professional rescue archaeologist, working on various archaeological digs including
Pudding Lane and the
Roman London Bridge. During this time he wrote many reports on his findings. In 1991 Milne joined
UCL Institute of Archaeology as a Senior Lecturer (in London Archaeology and Maritime Archaeology). In 1993 he founded the Thames Archaeology Survey, a project to compile an inventory of archaeological and palaeo-environmental sites exposed between
Teddington and
Dartford, In 2015 he helped create the
Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network (CITiZAN) which he currently holds the position of Project Leader, and the founder and co-ordinator for
UCL 'Evolutionary Determinants of Health' programme. He has also set up the
Museum of London's Centre for Human Bioarchaeology with a grant from the
Wellcome Trust. ==Television work==