Titles by John Millar

1735 – 1801

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 influenced James Mill and his son J.S. Mill.

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Titles

An Historical View of the English Government

John Millar

Letters of Crito, on the Causes, Objects, and Consequences, of the Present War

John Millar

Letters of Sidney, on Inequality of Property

John Millar

The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks

John Millar

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