James Mill (1773–1836)

Born 1773 CE, died 1836 CE.

James Mill (born James Milne; 6 April 1773 – 23 June 1836) was a Scottish historian, economist, and political theorist, who was a founder of the Ricardian school of economics. He wrote the influential The History of British India (1817) which divided Indian history into three parts: Hindu, Muslim and British.. Mill was the father of John Stuart Mill, the paradigmatic philosopher of liberalism.

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