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About Thomas Millar
- Thomas Bruce "T.B." Millar AO (18 October 1925 – 5 June 1994) was an Australian historian, political scientist and a major figure in the development of strategic studies in Australia. Millar was born in Kalamunda, Western Australia.
- He was educated at Guildford Grammar School in Perth and the Universities of Western Australia, Melbourne and London.
- He was a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and served in the Australian Army in 1943–1950. After several years as a schoolteacher, he joined the staff of the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University in 1962.
- He was a professorial fellow in the department from 1968 onwards and head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) in 1966–1971 and 1982–1984.
- He was director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, 1969-1976.
- In 1985 Millar was seconded to London University as professor of Australian studies and the foundation head of the Australian Studies Centre (then part of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies; now the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at King's College London).
- Following his retirement in 1990, he remained in London until his death and held part-time positions at the London School of Economics and King's College London. Millar was made a fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1982 and an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1983.
- He married Ann Drake-Brockman in 1951 and they had two daughters and one son.
- The marriage was dissolved in 1986.
- He remarried in 1990.
- A Christian Scientist and both a proud Australian and Western Australian, he would also proudly remind people of his Scottish ancestry - as evidenced by the spelling of his surname with the Scottish `ar' ending. Millar was a prolific writer on international relations and defence and strategic studies.
- In honour of his work in this field, the Graduate Studies in Strategy and Defence program (based in the SDSC) offers up to three T.B.
- Millar Scholarships each year to outstanding students.
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