Lewis H. Morgan

Rochester native Lewis H. Morgan is credited as being the Father of American anthropology.¹ Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels relied directly on his account of the evolution of indigenous peoples to shape their understanding of the development of capitalist society.

Every year the Anthropology department of the University of Rochester delivers a prestigious lecture in his memory.

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