John Millar (philosopher)

)[1][2] Continuing his studies at the University of Glasgow, he became one of the most important followers of Adam Smith, the founder of economic science.

[3] From 1761 to 1800, Millar was Regius Professor of Civil Law at Glasgow, where his lectures gained him nationwide fame.

[4] Millar's Origin of the Distinction of Ranks, published in 1778, advanced the view that economic system determines all social relations, even those between the genders.

[5][6] His Historical View of the English Government, published from 1787, was an important contemporary history of England, representing a milestone in the development of historiography.

Ill-health and the unpopularity of the Whiggism which he inherited from his father induced him to emigrate in the spring of 1795 to America, where he died soon afterwards from a sunstroke.