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Burnett, James

Related Category: English Literature, 1500 to 1799: Biographies

see Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord.

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Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord - 1714–99, English writer, b. Scotland. A pioneer in anthropology, he wrote Of the Origin and Progress of Language in which he anticipated Darwin and much of modern evolutionary theory. His...