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James Millar (physician)

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391: 22: 149:, 20 vols., Edinburgh, 1810, and the last fifteen volumes of the fifth edition of the same work, 20 vols., Edinburgh, 1817; he contributed largely to both editions. Millar also planned and edited a more popular dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature, the 503: 478: 42: 508: 463: 401: 488: 483: 473: 468: 128:
Observations on the Advantages and Practicability of making Tunnels under Navigable Rivers, particularly applicable to the proposed Tunnel under the Forth
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Practical Observations on Cold and Warm Bathing, and descriptive Notices of Watering-places in Britain
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Other publications, mainly based on articles already contributed to encyclopædias, included:
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Although a good writer on scientific topics, he was deemed a poor chief editor of the
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A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: 1500-1830
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Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index
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Committee members of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
53:, botanist and author. He edited the fourth and fifth editions of the 131: 394: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the 20: 75: 130:, Edinburgh. This work related to a plan for a tunnel from 307:. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 291:. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 89:, and then was chaplain at Glasgow university. Moving to 211:
Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006).
329: 327: 325: 323: 66:, being "slow and dilatory and not well qualified". 78:on the western Scottish coast on 4 February 1762. 109:, where he caught a fever and died 13 July 1827. 142:was consulted, but the project came to nothing. 414:. Vol. 37. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 145:Millar also edited the fourth edition of the 112:He lived at 16 Brown Square in Edinburgh> 93:, he graduated M.D. and became fellow of the 8: 509:Members of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh 479:Contributors to the Encyclopædia Britannica 101:and in 1822 he was elected a member of the 272:A Record of the Edinburgh Harveian Society 464:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 97:. In 1820 he was elected a member of the 269:Watson Wemyss, Herbert Lindesay (1933). 95:Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 25:Portrait of James Millar by John Henning 333: 317:Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1811-12 203: 16:Scottish physician, botanist and author 85:. For some years he acted as tutor in 489:19th-century Scottish medical doctors 484:18th-century Scottish medical doctors 474:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 7: 304:Minute Books of the Aesculapian Club 288:Minute Books of the Harveian Society 469:Alumni of the University of Glasgow 81:He studied classics and science at 192:Scottish National Portrait Gallery 14: 411:Dictionary of National Biography 389: 499:19th-century Scottish botanists 494:18th-century Scottish botanists 352:. Thomas Telford. p. 738. 275:. T&A Constable, Edinburgh. 222:The Royal Society of Edinburgh 138:, also involving John Grieve. 123:In 1807 Millar published with 1: 99:Harveian Society of Edinburgh 155:, 6 vols., Edinburgh, 1827. 220:. Vol. II. Edinburgh: 525: 186:His portrait medallion by 429:, listing of contributors 400:Goodwin, Gordon (1894). " 198:References and footnotes 188:John Henning (1771-1851) 449:Scottish encyclopedists 346:A. W. Skempton (2002). 255:Encyclopædia Britannica 147:Encyclopædia Britannica 56:Encyclopædia Britannica 427:Encyclopædia Edinensis 258:(14th ed.). 1954. 152:Encyclopædia Edinensis 26: 444:Scottish book editors 169:Elements of Chemistry 24: 182:Artistic recognition 107:Edinburgh Dispensary 177:, Edinburgh, 1821. 171:, Edinburgh, 1820. 165:, Edinburgh, 1819. 115:He left a family. 83:Glasgow University 46:(1762–1827) was a 27: 359:978-0-7277-2939-2 252:"Encyclopedias". 231:978-0-902198-84-5 163:A Guide to Botany 516: 415: 393: 392: 378: 377: 370: 364: 363: 343: 337: 331: 318: 315: 309: 308: 299: 293: 292: 283: 277: 276: 266: 260: 259: 249: 243: 242: 240: 238: 219: 208: 103:Aesculapian Club 45: 524: 523: 519: 518: 517: 515: 514: 513: 434: 433: 425:Preface to the 421: 399: 390: 382: 381: 372: 371: 367: 360: 345: 344: 340: 332: 321: 316: 312: 301: 300: 296: 285: 284: 280: 268: 267: 263: 251: 250: 246: 236: 234: 232: 217: 210: 209: 205: 200: 190:is held in the 184: 121: 74:He was born in 72: 38: 17: 12: 11: 5: 522: 520: 512: 511: 506: 501: 496: 491: 486: 481: 476: 471: 466: 461: 456: 451: 446: 436: 435: 432: 431: 420: 419:External links 417: 387: 386: 380: 379: 365: 358: 338: 319: 310: 294: 278: 261: 244: 230: 202: 201: 199: 196: 183: 180: 179: 178: 172: 166: 120: 117: 71: 68: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 521: 510: 507: 505: 502: 500: 497: 495: 492: 490: 487: 485: 482: 480: 477: 475: 472: 470: 467: 465: 462: 460: 457: 455: 452: 450: 447: 445: 442: 441: 439: 430: 428: 423: 422: 418: 416: 413: 412: 407: 403: 402:Millar, James 397: 396:public domain 384: 383: 375: 369: 366: 361: 355: 351: 350: 342: 339: 335: 330: 328: 326: 324: 320: 314: 311: 306: 305: 298: 295: 290: 289: 282: 279: 274: 273: 265: 262: 257: 256: 248: 245: 233: 227: 223: 216: 215: 207: 204: 197: 195: 193: 189: 181: 176: 173: 170: 167: 164: 161: 160: 159: 156: 154: 153: 148: 143: 141: 137: 133: 129: 126: 125:William Vazie 118: 116: 113: 110: 108: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 79: 77: 69: 67: 65: 60: 58: 57: 52: 49: 44: 41: 36: 32: 23: 19: 426: 409: 388: 368: 348: 341: 334:Goodwin 1894 313: 303: 297: 287: 281: 271: 264: 253: 247: 235:. Retrieved 213: 206: 185: 174: 168: 162: 157: 150: 146: 144: 127: 122: 114: 111: 80: 73: 63: 61: 54: 34: 31:James Millar 30: 28: 18: 459:1827 deaths 454:1762 births 406:Lee, Sidney 385:Attribution 237:22 December 140:Robert Bald 136:Queensferry 438:Categories 64:Britannica 91:Edinburgh 51:physician 48:Scottish 408:(ed.). 398::  87:Jamaica 404:". In 356:  228:  132:Rosyth 35:Miller 218:(PDF) 119:Works 43:FRCPE 354:ISBN 239:2011 226:ISBN 70:Life 40:FRSE 33:(or 134:to 76:Ayr 29:Dr 440:: 322:^ 224:. 194:. 59:. 37:) 376:. 362:. 336:. 241:.

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FRSE
FRCPE
Scottish
physician
Encyclopædia Britannica
Ayr
Glasgow University
Jamaica
Edinburgh
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Harveian Society of Edinburgh
Aesculapian Club
Edinburgh Dispensary
William Vazie
Rosyth
Queensferry
Robert Bald
Encyclopædia Edinensis
John Henning (1771-1851)
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
ISBN
978-0-902198-84-5
Encyclopædia Britannica
A Record of the Edinburgh Harveian Society
Minute Books of the Harveian Society
Minute Books of the Aesculapian Club

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