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Lewis Henry Morgan (1818–1881)
Morgan, Lewis Henry. An American ethnologist and archæologist of great repute; born near Aurora, NY, Nov. 21, 1818; died at Rochester, NY, Dec. 17, 1881. Among his important contributions to the science of ethnology is ‘Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family,’ published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1869, on the subject. His other works include: ‘League of the Iroquois’ (1851); ‘The American Beaver and his Works’; ‘Ancient Society’ (1887); ‘Horses and Horse Life of the American Aborigines’; etc.