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James Burnett, Lord Monboddo

1714–26 May 1799

Also known as Monboddo, James Burnett

5 works

1773–1779 across 2 dated works

A Scottish judge, scholar of linguistic evolution, philosopher and deist. He is most famous today as a founder of modern comparative historical linguistics (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burnett,_Lord_Monboddo>Wikipedia).

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Of the origin and progress of language.1773
Antient metaphysics: or, The science of universals...1779
Lord Monboddo and some of his contemporaries
With William Knight

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Of the origin and progress of language.1773
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Antient metaphysics: or, The science of universals...1779
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