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John Millan (1701–1782)[1] was a printer and bookseller at Charing Cross, London.[2] After his death, his business was taken over by Thomas Egerton and his brother John Egerton.[2]
From: The Booksellers, Henry Dell, 1766.[3]
MILLAN deserving of the warmest praise,
As full of worth and virtue as of days;
Brave, open, gen'rous, 'tis in him we find,
A solid judgment, and a taste refined.
Nature's most choice productions are his care,
And them t'obtain no cost or pains does spare,
A character so amiable and bright,
Inspires the Muse with rapture and delight:
The Gentleman and Tradesman both in him unite.
On 5 March 1772, antiquarian Richard Gough visited Millan's shop. He wrote, "On my return from Westminster last night, I penetrated the utmost recesses of Millan's shop". He found Millan "at the head of a Whist party".[4]
A newspaper death notice of 23 March 1782 reads, "Yesterday died, at his house at Charing-cross, aged 81, Mr Millan, military bookseller, supposed to have been the strongest man in the kingdom."[5]
- ^ Kentish Gazette 20 March 1782, p3
- ^ a b Willis, George, Willis's Current Notes: A Series of Articles on Antiquities, Biography, Heraldry, History, Language, Literature, Natural History, Topography, &c., 1856, p 47
- ^ Dell, Henry, The Booksellers: A Poem, 1766, p 5
- ^ Nichols, John, Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, Volume 8, 1814. p 462
- ^ Norfolk Chronicle, 23 March 1782, p4. Findmypast, (subscription required.)