James Burnett, Lord Monboddo

1714 – 26 May 1799

A Scottish judge, scholar of linguistic evolution, philosopher and deist. He is most famous today as a founder of modern comparative historical linguistics (Wikipedia).

• Antient metaphysics
• Lord Monboddo and some of his contemporaries
• Of the origin and progress of language
• Antient metaphysics 1779-1799
• Des Lord Monboddo Werk von dem Ursprunge und Fortgange der Sprache