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James Burnett, Lord Monboddo
1714 – 26 May 1799
5 works on record
Biography
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</a>).
Works

Lord Monboddo and some of his contemporaries
1993

Antient metaphysics
1779

Of the origin and progress of language
1773
Antient metaphysics 1779-1799
Antient metaphysics 1779-1799
1977
Des Lord Monboddo Werk von dem Ursprunge und Fortgange der Sprache
Des Lord Monboddo Werk von dem Ursprunge und Fortgange der Sprache