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John Millar

1735 - 1801

About the Author

Millar attended the University of Glasgow where he heard Adam Smith lecture. He became an advocate in 1760, and in 1761 he accepted the Regius Chair of civil law at Glasgow. During his career Millar enjoyed the patronage and friendship of Smith, Lord Kames, and David Hume and his son J.S. Mill.

In The Library:

• author: An Historical View of the English Government (1803)
• author: Letters of Crito, on the Causes, Objects, and Consequences, of the Present War (1796)
• author: Letters of Sidney, on Inequality of Property. To which is added, a Treatise of the Effects of War on Commercial Prosperity (1796)
• author: The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks (1771)

Quotations:

• John Millar argues that as a society becomes wealthier domestic freedom increases, even to the point where slavery is thought to be pernicious and economically inefficient (1771) (24 July, 2006)