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John Ferguson McLennan (14 October 1827 – 16 June 1881), was a Scottish ethnologist and lawyer. ==Life== He was born at Inverness, the son of John McLennan, an insurance agent of Inverness, and Jessie Ross, his wife. He was educated at Inverness and at King's College, Aberdeen, where he graduated M.A. in 1849. He then entered Trinity College, Cambridge, where in 1853 he obtained a Wrangler's place (first class) in the Mathematical Tripos. He left Cambridge without taking a degree there. McLennan then spent two years in London writing for ''The Leader'', edited by George Henry Lewes, and other periodicals. He may well have attended one of the Inns of Court.〔John Wyon Burrow, ''Evolution and Society: a study in Victorian social theory'' (1966), p. 230; (Google Books ).〕 During this period he knew George Eliot and William Michael Rossetti, and dabbled in verse in the Pre-Raphaelite style.〔Robert Crawford, ''Devolving English Literature'' (2000), pp. 152–3; (Google Books ).〕 On returning to Edinburgh, he was called to the Scottish bar in January 1857. He became secretary to the Scottish Law Amendment Society, and took an active part in the agitation which led to the Court of Session Act of 1868. As a man of letters he worked with Alexander Smith.〔 In 1870 McLennan's first wife died, and he moved back to London. In 1871, he took the post of parliamentary draughtsman for Scotland. His health, however, was already thoroughly undermined by consumption, and while wintering in Algeria he suffered from repeated attacks of malarial fever. He died of consumption on 16 June 1881 at Hayes Common, Kent. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Ferguson McLennan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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