Education
Born at Ayr 4 February 1762, he studied classics and science at Glasgow University. Moving to Edinburgh, he graduated Doctor of Medicine
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
James Millar
Edit Profile
Career
He edited the fourth and fifth editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Although a good writer on scientific topics, he was deemed a poor chief editor of the Britannica, being "slow and dilatory and not well qualified". Foreign some years he acted as tutor in Jamaica, and then was chaplain at Glasgow university. and became fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
He frequently lectured on natural history and chemistry, and was one of the physicians at the Edinburgh Dispensary, where he caught a fever and died 13 July 1827.
He left a family.
