id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8168 John Millar (philosopher) - Wikipedia .html text/html 1328 173 64 John Millar of Glasgow (22 June 1735 – 30 May 1801) was a Scottish philosopher, historian and Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Glasgow from 1761 to 1800. Born a son of the manse of the Kirk o' Shotts, Shotts, Lanarkshire, John Millar was educated by an uncle and then on his father being transferred to the parish of Hamilton, at the Old Grammar School of Hamilton (renamed the Hamilton Academy in 1848.)[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. 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. In 1985 the John Millar Chair of Law at the University of Glasgow was established in his memory.[9] John Millar and the Scottish Enlightenment: Family Life and World History. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8168.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8168.txt