An attorney by profession, Lewis Henry Morgan became an anthropologist and ethnologist, noted for his comprehensive theory of social revolution. He was born near Aurora, New York, on November 21, 1818, and graduated from Union College in Schenectady in...
The American anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881) wrote one of the first ethnographies, invented the study of kinship terminology, and made an early attempt to grapple with the idea of universal principles of cultural evolution. Lewis Henry...
To Anglo- Americans in the nineteenth century the "West" was a migratory concept, continually being relocated as the next geographical region beyond white settlement. At the turn of the century the "uninhabited" frontierthough home to some 120,000...
Lewis Henry Morgan (November 21, 1818 – December 17, 1881) was an American ethnologist, anthropologist and writer. Nevertheless, his professional life was in the field of law. As an amateur scholar, he is best known for his work on cultural...
Tooker, Elisabeth. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1994. xiii + 325 pp. Illustrations, plates, map, pppendices, notes, bibliography, index. The importance and intellectual contributions of Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881) to the history and development of anthropology are, of course, well known. His League...
Morgan, Earl H. Sunrise July 26, 1920, Sunset March 27, 2006. Passing peacefully, leaving behind his devoted wife of 63 years Loretta (nee Kaminski) whom he could not live without after sharing 71 years. He will be sadly missed by his five children...
