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Mill, James

From Encyclopedia of Modern Political Thought
James Mill (1773–1836) was born in Scotland, educated for the Presbyterian ministry, lost his faith, moved to London, and became an eminent political theorist, psychologist, educationist, economist, historian, and legal, political, and penal reformer. Influential and controversial in his lifetime, Mill is now all but forgotten. He is today remembered mainly as the dour and demanding father and teacher of his more famous son, John Stuart Mill, and as Jeremy Bentham's ally and collaborator on projects of penal and political reform. The younger Mill went on to become an eminent theorist of liberty. Bentham was a wealthy and eccentric genius who was the preeminent theorist of utilitarianism. Mill's range of interests was remarkably wide, extending from education and psychology in his two-volume Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind (1829), to political economy in Elements of Political Economy (1826), to penology and prison reform, to the law and history, and, not least, to political…
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From World of Sociology, Gale
James Mill was born in Scotland in 1773 to a shoemaker. It was his mother’s goal that Mill rise above his social status . Through her social connections, he met Sir John Stuart, who became a mentor and benefactor to young Mill, housing him and helping finance Mill’s education at the University of…
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From Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature
After attending the Montrose Academy, Mill distinguished himself as a Greek scholar at Edinburgh University. Although licensed as a preacher, he pursued historical and philosophical studies and occasionally taught. In 1802, he went to London and became a journalist. In 1808, Mill became a disciple…
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From Routledge Dictionary of Economics
Born in Montrose, Scotland, the son of a cobbler and educated at Montrose Academy and Edinburgh University where he studied divinity and learned economics from Dugald Stewart. Licensed in 1797 to preach in the Church of Scotland and an itinerant preacher until he went to London in 1802 and took to…
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From Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy
Scottish-born philosopher and social theorist. He applied the utilitarianism of his contemporary Bentham to such social matters as systems of education and government, law and penal systems, and colonial policy. He also advocated the associationism of Hume. Mill was an influential thinker in early…
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From The Oxford Companion to British History
Utilitarian philosopher. Son of a Scottish shoemaker, educated at Edinburgh University, Mill became an itinerant preacher but lost his faith and came to London in 1802 to work as a hack journalist. He fell under the influence of Jeremy *Bentham and developed his ideas into a coherent philosophy, …
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From Encyclopedia of Ethics
Cofounder, with Jeremy BENTHAM (1748-1832), of the utilitarian philosophical movement; father of JOHN STUART MILL (1806-1873). Although well known for his works on government and political economy, James Mill's political works are best understood within the context of his moral philosophy and…
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From Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary Full text Article Biographical Names
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From Collins Dictionary of Sociology
(1806-73) English philosopher and leading 19th-century exponent of liberalism, who also took a keen interest in developments in social science and sociology, e.g. he sponsored COMTE's work. Apart from his own wide-ranging philosophical and more general work (including Utilitarianism, 1861a, …
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