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3 unusual facts about John Ferguson McLennan


Early infanticidal childrearing

John Ferguson McLennan, Lewis Henry Morgan, and others argued that there was a parallel development in social institutions.

John Ferguson McLennan

He was born at Inverness, the son of John McLennan, an insurance agent of Inverness, and Jessie Ross, his wife.

Parliamentary Counsel

However, the post has been held by a number of distinguished lawyers, for example Bernard O'Dowd in Australia, John Ferguson McLennan specialising in Scottish law (which though enacted entirely in the UK parliament from 1707 until 1999, is distinct from English law), and William Philip Schreiner in South Africa.



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