John M. D. Mc Lennan

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gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vancouver_General_Hospital
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:artistic_legacy pioneering ideas in anthropology
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:awards Fellow of the Royal Society
gptkbp:birth_date 1827-10-03
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Glasgow
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_Mc_Lennan_Jr.
gptkbp:contribution analysis of social institutions
development of kinship studies
foundational texts in anthropology
understanding of marriage
understanding of totemism
gptkbp:cultural_impact influence on social sciences
gptkbp:death_date 1881-07-15
gptkbp:field social anthropology
gptkbp:field_of_study cultural anthropology
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Victorian_era
gptkbp:historical_significance early anthropological thought
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John M. D. Mc Lennan
gptkbp:impact anthropological theory
gptkbp:inception 1865
gptkbp:influence cultural relativism
modern anthropology
development of anthropological theory
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Sigmund_Freud
gptkb:Émile_Durkheim
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:Edward_Burnett_Tylor
gptkbp:is_a_framework_for social structure theory
gptkbp:is_criticized_for evolutionary anthropology
gptkbp:known_for theories on totemism
theories on marriage and kinship
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legacy pioneering work in anthropology
gptkbp:nationality Scottish
gptkbp:notable_alumni gptkb:William_Robertson_Smith
gptkbp:notable_feature totemism as a social structure
gptkbp:notable_work Primitive Marriage
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:philosophy empiricism
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Borough
gptkbp:published_by The Worship of Animals and Plants
gptkbp:research fieldwork
comparative method
gptkbp:research_areas gptkb:mythological_figure
gptkbp:research_focus marriage customs
gptkbp:research_interest ritual practices
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Glasgow
gptkbp:scholarly_analysis impact on cultural anthropology
influence on future anthropologists
marriage and kinship
gptkbp:scholarships 19th-century anthropology
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Mc_Lennan
gptkbp:staff gptkb:James_Frazer
gptkbp:theory totemic beliefs
historical particularism
social evolutionism