James Burnett, Lord Monboddo | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-03

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James Burnett, Lord Monboddo


00:00:53 1 Early years
00:02:25 2 Later years
00:04:04 3 Historical linguistics
00:06:34 4 Evolutionary theorist
00:13:23 5 Metaphysics
00:14:02 6 Nudism
00:14:57 7 Eccentricity
00:17:29 8 In popular culture
00:18:42 9 Writings
00:18:51 9.1 Publications
00:20:04 9.2 Correspondence



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James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (baptised 25 October 1714; died 26 May 1799), was a Scottish judge, scholar of linguistic evolution, philosopher and deist. He is most famous today as a founder of modern comparative historical linguistics. In 1767 he became a judge in the Court of Session.
As such, Burnett adopted an honorary title based on the name of his father's estate and family seat, Monboddo House. Monboddo was one of a number of scholars involved at the time in development of early concepts of evolution. Some credit him with anticipating in principle the idea of natural selection that was read by (and acknowledged in the writings of) Erasmus Darwin. Charles Darwin read the works of his grandfather Erasmus and later developed the ideas into a scientific theory.