James Millar (scientist)
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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".[1]
References and footnotes
- ↑ "Encyclopedias". Encyclopædia Britannica. 14th edition, 1954.
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