James Millar

James Millar

James Millar (1762-1827) was a Scottish physician and natural scientist who 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". [cite encyclopedia | title = Encyclopedias | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica | date = 14th edition, 1954]

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