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- John Millan (1701–1782), was a printer and bookseller at Charing Cross, London. After his death, his business was taken over by Thomas Egerton and his brother John Egerton. From: The Booksellers, Henry Dell, 1766. 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". 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." (en)
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- John Millan (1701–1782), was a printer and bookseller at Charing Cross, London. After his death, his business was taken over by Thomas Egerton and his brother John Egerton. From: The Booksellers, Henry Dell, 1766. 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. (en)
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