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| | James Mill - Encyclopaedia Britannica |
 | | Excerpted from the 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica |
 | | MILL, JAMES (1773—1836), historian and philosopher, was born on the 6th of April 1773, at Northwater Bridge, in the parish of Logie-Pert, Forfarshire, the son of James Mill, a shoemaker. |
 | | He made powerful onslaughts on the Church in connexion with the Bell and Lancaster controversy, and took a prominent part in the discussions which led to the foundation of London University in 1825. |
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