James Francis McMillan

James Francis McMillan (10 April 1948 – 22 February 2010) was a Scottish historian and author, head of the History Department of the University of Strathclyde, a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh.

Early years McMillan was born in Glasgow on 10 April 1948. He grew up in Paisley and attended St Mirin's Academy. He graduated in modern history from the University of Glasgow in 1969 and obtained his doctorate from Balliol College, Oxford.

Works

Housewife or Harlot: The Place of Women in French Society, 1870–1940 (1981). Dreyfus to De Gaulle: Politics and Society in France 1898–1969 (1985). France and Women, 1789–1914 (2000).