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Mill (JOHN STUART an English London)

JOHN STUART, an English London, England, May 20, 1806. He was trained under the immediate influence of his father. At the age of 14 he entered on a course of political economy, and thereafter this strenuous education of the boy ceased-so far, at least, as the strict surveillance of his father was concerned. In his 21st year he edited Bentham's work "On Evidence." In 1843 appeared the first of his two chief works, "A "A System of Logic," the second being "Principles of Political Economy" (1848).

To these he afterward added his work "On Liberty" (1859); "Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform" (1861); "Utilitarianism" (1862); the "Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy," and a "Study of Auguste Comte and Positivism" (1865). In this last year he was returned to Parliament as member for Westminster. His Autobiography was published in 1873, and the three essays, "Nature," "The Utility of Religion," and "Theism," in 1874. Mill's works on logic and political economy are standard textbooks. In the former he placed the system of inductive logic on a firm basis. He died in Avignon, France, May 8, 1873.