James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (baptised 25 October 1714 – 26 May 1799) was a Scottish judge, scholar of linguistic evolution, philosopher and deist. He...

James Burnett or Burnet may refer to: James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714–1799), Scottish judge, scholar of linguistic evolution, philosopher and deist...

caused him to have to sell all but Monboddo and Lagavin, which he sold to his eldest son, James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, the fourth laird who rose to become...

the Monboddo Estate was approximately 200 square kilometres (77 sq mi). In 1714 the well-known judge and philosopher James Burnett, Lord Monboddo was...

pamphlet Mere Nature Delineated. Scottish philosopher and judge James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, in his Origin and Progress of Language presents Peter as an...

based on the "idea of an orang-outang mimicking humanity" (see James Burnett, Lord Monboddo). An orangutan called Sir Oran Haut-ton is put forward as a candidate...

Elizabeth Burnett (1766 – 17 June 1790) was the younger daughter of the Scottish judge and philosopher James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, and a famous Edinburgh...

London. James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714–1799) lived at 13 St John Street. He held "learned suppers" at his house, with guests including James Boswell...

research and theory include: Franz Boas Anne Walbank Buckland James Burnett, Lord Monboddo Leo Frobenius Cyrus H. Gordon Fritz Graebner A. C. Haddon Alice...

the Royal Society (1704). Sir James Mackintosh, philosopher, historian, and Whig politician. James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, jurist and pioneer anthropologist...

Blyth Evolutionary ideas of the Renaissance and Enlightenment James Burnett, Lord Monboddo James Cowles Prichard Patrick Matthew William Charles Wells William...

Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (died 1795) October 25 – James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish philosopher and evolutionary thinker (died 1799) December...

(1691–1779) James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714–1799) Tafazzul Husain Kashmiri (1727–1801) Anquetil-Duperron (1731–1805) Reuben Burrow (1747–1792) James Prinsep...

James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714–99) and Lord Kames called a science of man, which was expressed historically in the work of thinkers such as James...

eclipsed all the other nations of the world". In the 18th century James Burnett, Lord Monboddo analyzed numerous languages and deduced logical elements of the...

description of the polar bear and the ivory gull. Scottish judge James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, begins publication of Of the Origin and Progress of Language...

alongside the Brothers Knipe, and Andrew Bell, Baillie Kid, James Burnett ("Lord Monboddo") and William Richardson Born 1761 Died 1 June 1783(1783-06-01)...

influence on other philosophers and pre-evolutionary thinkers; James Burnett, Lord Monboddo is known to have studied his publications on insects and to have...

Hugh Blair Claud Irvine Boswell John Brown James Burnett, Lord Monboddo Charles Byrne Alexander Carlyle James Donaldson Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville...

of Session, Neaves was familiar with one of his predecessors, James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, to whom he credited the origination of the concepts of the theory...

rebel leader (b. 1750) May 26 – James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish jurist (b. 1714) May 30 – Robert McQueen, Lord Braxfield, Scottish advocate and...

Miscellaneous Pieces Patrick Brydone – A Tour Through Sicily and Malta James Burnett, Lord Monboddo – Of the Origin and Progress of Language Charles Burney – The...

perpetual war of all against all, and horrible massacre). In 1773 James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, noted that "the most fruitful country can be overstocked with...

poet Louis Racine (c. 1755) and the Scottish philosopher-judge James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1765). In addition, accounts of her were published by the French...

Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (b. 1714) 1799 – James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (b. 1714) 1818 – Michael...

James Burnett, Lord Monboddo noted the importance of selecting appropriate parentage to achieve desired outcomes of successive generations. Monboddo worked...

approximately 800 million Chinese characters. Scottish judge James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, begins publication of Of the Origin and Progress of Language...

was familiar with the earlier proto-evolutionary thinking of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, and cited him in his 1803 work Temple of Nature. Erasmus Darwin...

– Georg Gebel, German organist and composer (d. 1753) 1714 – James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (d. 1799) 1736 – Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry...

as first master. George H. Burnett (1853–1927), 21st Chief Justice on the Oregon Supreme Court James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714–1799), Scottish judge...