Abstract
Lewis Henry Morgan (1818–1881), the “Father of American Anthropology,” was one of the most distinguished scientists of the nineteenth century. After graduating from Union College in 1840 he studied law, practising this profession in Rochester until 1862 when he gave it up to devote himself to scientific labors. His first work in anthropology was with the Iroquois. His The League of the Iroquois,” the first scientific account of an Indian tribe ever given to the world,” appeared in 1851. This was followed by years of exhaustive research in the field of kinship and social organization, culminating in his monumental Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family (1871). His greatest work, Ancient Society, appeared in 1877. Translated into virtually all the languages of Europe and into Chinese and Japanese, this work has exerted a profound and enduring influence upon social science throughout the world. Morgan's last work, Houses and House Life of the American Aborigines, was published in 1881, shortly before his death.
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