James Millar
Scientist, Deceased Person
1762 – 1827
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Who was James Millar?
James Millar FRSE FRCPE was a Scottish physician, natural scientist and author. 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".
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