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John Guille Millais
1865–1931
A gifted wildlife artist and naturalist, he turned close observation into vivid books on birds, big game, and the natural world. He also wrote a well-known biography of his father, the painter Sir John Everett Millais.
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Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O., Capt. 25th Royal Fusiliers
by John Guille Millais
About the author
Born in Perth on March 24, 1865, he was the youngest son of the painter Sir John Everett Millais and Effie Gray. He built a career of his own as a British artist, naturalist, gardener, and travel writer, becoming especially known for precise wildlife and flower portraiture.
He traveled widely in the late Victorian period and wrote richly illustrated books drawn from field observation, with a strong reputation for ornithology and natural history. Alongside his nature writing, he is also remembered for The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais, an important early account of his father's life and work.
His work blends art and natural history in a way that still feels lively and direct: careful, adventurous, and full of firsthand attention to animals in their habitats. He died on March 24, 1931.