1773 - 1836
James Mill (born James Milne; 6 April 1773 – 23 June 1836) was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist and philosopher. He is counted among the founders of the Ricardian school of economics. He also wrote The History of British India (1817) and was one of the prominent historians to take a colonial approach. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Mill has received more than 696,939 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). James Mill is the 68th most popular economist (up from 79th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 760th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Economist.
James Mill is most famous for his work with the utilitarianism philosophy. He also wrote a book called "The History of British India" which is a history of the British rule in India.
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Among economists, James Mill ranks 68 out of 315. Before him are William Stanley Jevons, Oliver E. Williamson, Henry Mintzberg, Robert Lucas Jr., Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, and Jacques Delors. After him are Wang Anshi, James Tobin, Reinhard Selten, Tansu Çiller, Trygve Haavelmo, and Nikolai Kondratiev.
1835 - 1882
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 62
1932 - 2020
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 63
1939 - Present
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 64
1937 - 2023
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 65
1851 - 1914
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 66
1925 - 2023
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 67
1773 - 1836
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 68
1021 - 1086
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 69
1918 - 2002
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 70
1930 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 71
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 72
1911 - 1999
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 73
1892 - 1938
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 74
Among people born in 1773, James Mill ranks 8. Before him are Louis Philippe I, Thomas Young, Robert Brown, William Henry Harrison, Ludwig Tieck, and Friedrich Mohs. After him are Louis I of Etruria, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Aimé Bonpland, Thérésa Tallien, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, and Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt. Among people deceased in 1836, James Mill ranks 10. Before him are Letizia Ramolino, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, William Godwin, Maria Malibran, and Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier. After him are Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, Davy Crockett, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Anthony of Saxony, Anton Reicha, and Nathan Mayer Rothschild.
1773 - 1850
HPI: 77.88
Rank: 2
1773 - 1829
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 3
1773 - 1858
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 4
1773 - 1841
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 5
1773 - 1853
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 6
1773 - 1839
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 7
1773 - 1836
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 8
1773 - 1803
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 9
1773 - 1832
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 10
1773 - 1858
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 11
1773 - 1835
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 12
1773 - 1842
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 13
1773 - 1827
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 14
1750 - 1836
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 4
1748 - 1836
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 5
1760 - 1836
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 6
1756 - 1836
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 7
1808 - 1836
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 8
1758 - 1836
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 9
1773 - 1836
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 10
1748 - 1836
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 11
1786 - 1836
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 12
1788 - 1836
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 13
1755 - 1836
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 14
1770 - 1836
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 15
1777 - 1836
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 16
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Mill ranks 629 out of 7,765. Before him are Robert Peel (1788), Diana Wynne Jones (1934), Bill Nighy (1949), Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596), Julian Huxley (1887), and Emperor Norton (1818). After him are Karl Pearson (1857), Julie Walters (1950), Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1484), Jane Seymour (1951), Thomas Bayes (1702), and John Henry Newman (1801).
1788 - 1850
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 623
1934 - 2011
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 624
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 625
1596 - 1662
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 626
1887 - 1975
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 627
1818 - 1880
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 628
1773 - 1836
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 629
1857 - 1936
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 630
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 631
1484 - 1545
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 632
1951 - Present
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 633
1702 - 1761
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 634
1801 - 1890
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 635
Among economists born in United Kingdom, James Mill ranks 13. Before him are John Law (1671), William Petty (1623), Ronald Coase (1910), Benjamin Graham (1894), John Hicks (1904), and William Stanley Jevons (1835). After him are Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877), Thomas Mun (1571), Richard Stone (1913), James Meade (1907), Clive Granger (1934), and Joan Robinson (1903).
1671 - 1729
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 7
1623 - 1687
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 8
1910 - 2013
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 9
1894 - 1976
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 10
1904 - 1989
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 11
1835 - 1882
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 12
1773 - 1836
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 13
1877 - 1959
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 14
1571 - 1641
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 15
1913 - 1991
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 16
1907 - 1995
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 17
1934 - 2009
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 18
1903 - 1983
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 19