James Burnett, Lord Monboddo

Reference:

The Holly and the Horn, Burnett of Leys Family Branches, Leys Publishing, Copyright 2005, authored by James C.A. Burnett, Chief of the Name Burnett, Charles J. Burnett, Eileen A. Bailey, and Dr Christopher Croly.

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Wikipedia Biographical Summary

"James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (25 October 1714 – 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...

...James Burnett was born in 1714 at Monboddo House in Kincardineshire, Scotland. After his primary education at the parish school of Laurencekirk, he studied at Marischal College, Aberdeen from where he graduated in 1729. He also studied at University of Edinburgh and the University of Groningen. At Edinburgh University he graduated in law and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1737...

...Burnett married Elizabethe Farquharson and they had two daughters and a son. Burnett's youngest daughter Elizabeth Burnett was an Edinburgh celebrity, known for her beauty and amiability. Tragically she died of consumption at the age of 25. Burnett's friend Robert Burns had a romantic interest in Eliza and wrote a poem, Elegy on the late Miss Burnet of Monboddo, referencing her beauty and which ultimately became her elegy."

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== Other References ==

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 232

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James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (25 oktober, 1714 - 26 mei, 1799) was een Schotse rechter, linguïst, onderzoeker van taalevolutie en filosoof. Hij is vooral bekend als de stichter van de hedendaagse vergelijkende historische linguïstiek. Monboddo was een van de onderzoekers die zich bezighield met de ontwikkeling van de eerste concepten van evolutie, en wordt gezien als de voorloper van het idee van het principe van de natuurlijke selectie dat verder ontwikkeld werd in de theorie van Charles Darwin.