Historedia
Person

James Burnett, Lord Monboddo

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1772

Every event in Historedia whose sources name James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Publication of Lord Monboddo's Of the Origin and Progress of Language

    1772

    Role: Author and Scholar

    1. 1772 · CorrespondenceTheory of Language Evolution

      Monboddo articulated his theory that language evolved from primates, linking tool use, social structures, and language development.

Sources

  1. James Burnett, Lord Monboddo Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-29