John Mills, who lived from about 1717 to about 1794, was an English writer on agriculture, translator and editor. He and Gottfried Sellius are known for preparing the first French edition of Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia for publication in 1745, a project that eventually resulted in the Encyclopedie published in France between 1751 and 1772.
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Defining ContributionWith Gottfried Sellius, first to prepare a French edition of Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia in 1745, which led to the Encyclopédie 2 In the Other Atlases
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John Mills (c. 1717 – c. 1794) was an English writer on agriculture, translator and editor.
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was an English writer on agriculture, translator and editor
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Mills and Gottfried Sellius are known for being the first to prepare a French edition of Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia for publication in 1745, which eventually resulted in the Encyclopédie published in France between 1751 and 1772.
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John Mills (c. 1717, c. 1794) was an English writer on agriculture, translator and editor.
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