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

1977

Des Lord Monboddo Werk von dem Ursprunge und Fortgange der Sprache