Jane Millgate

(Eunice) Jane Millgate born Eunice Jane Barr (1937 – 26 January 2019) was a British born Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Toronto. She was an authority on the works of Sir Walter Scott.

Life Millgate was born in Leeds in 1937. She gained her education at Leeds University and at the University of Kent. She married in 1960 and four years later she and Michael Millgate emigrated to Canada.

She died in Toronto in 2019 leaving her husband Emeritus Professor Michael Millgate. She had met her husband in 1960 whilst he was teaching English literature at Leeds University.

Awards and fellowships Fellow of Massey College Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1994) Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Works include Macaulay (1973) Walter Scott: The Making of the Novelist (1984) Scott's Last Edition: A Study in Publishing History (1987)