James Francis McMillan (10 April 1948 – 22 February 2010) was a Scottish historian and author, head of the History Department of the University of Strathclyde, a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh.
[1] He graduated in modern history from the University of Glasgow in 1969 and obtained his doctorate from Balliol College, Oxford.
[1] In 1996, McMillan was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
[1] Three years later, in 1999, he was appointed to the Richard Pares chair of history at the University of Edinburgh On 22 February 2010 McMillan died of cancer at his home in Airdrie.
[1] His funeral mass took place at St Mirin's Cathedral in Paisley where the eulogy was given by Professor Tom Devine.