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Henry Home, Lord Kames


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(b. 1696, Kames House, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland – d. Dec. 27, 1782, New Street, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland )

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Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–1782), judge and writer, was a correspondent of Elizabeth Montagu. He had sent her the first volume of his Sketches of the History of Man (London, 1774).

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  • Henry Home
  • Lord Kames

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