Lewis Henry Morgan was a pioneering American anthropologist and social theorist who worked as a railroad lawyer. He is best known for his work on kinship and social structure, his theories of social evolution, and his ethnography of the Iroquois. Wikipedia
Born: November 21, 1818, Aurora, NY
Died: December 17, 1881 (age 63 years), Rochester, NY
Grandparents: Lemuel Steele, Mary (Molly) Steele, and Thomas Morgan
Great-grandparents: John Morgan III, Daniell Steele, and Elijah Clapp
Previous office: New York State Senator (1868–1869)
Education: Union College (1840)
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