He was the eldest son of James Mill, a Scotsman who had come to London and become a leading figure in the group of philosophical radicals which aimed to further the utilitarian philosophy of Jeremy Bentham. John Stuart Mill's mother was Harriet Barrow, who seems to have had very little influence upon him.
Answer: Canada is bigger, second largest in the world. (Russia is the biggest.) Canada: 9,984,670 SQ KM US: 9,826,675 SQ KM Source: CIA Fact Book.
11 U.S. States That Are Larger Than the UK. 1  With a total area of almost 3.8 million square miles, the United States is approximately 40 times the size of the United Kingdom, which itself is comprised of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.