Henry Home, Lord Kames

Henry Home, Lord Kames was a British anthropologist, judge, historian, philosopher, sociologist and lawyer (1696–1782). He was born at Berwickshire.

Also recorded as Henry Home; Lord Kames; Lord Kames Henry Home; Lord Kaims; Henry Home, Lord Kaims; Laird Kames.

Henry Home, Lord Kames in brief

Born
1696
Died
1782
Known for
anthropologist,judge,historian,philosopher,sociologist,lawyer,literary critic,writer
Place of birth
Berwickshire

Overview

Born at Berwickshire in 1696, died in 1782.

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Henry Home, Lord Kames, Lord Kames Henry Home, Lord Kaims and Henry Home, Lord Kaims. His recorded language was English.

He was the child of George Home, of Kames House and Agnes|Helen Walkinshaw.

Catalogued works

9 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1769 to 2008.

The gentleman farmer. Being an attempt to improve agriculture, by subjecting it to the test of rational principles. [Henry Home, Lord Kames correspondence]., dated 2008-, held by Wellcome Collection. Elements of criticism / By Henry Home, Lord Kames., dated 1839, held by Wellcome Collection. Elucidations respecting the Common and Statute Law of Scotland. By Henry Home, Lord Kames, Late One of the Senators of the College of Justice, and One of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, dated 1800, held by Wellcome Collection. Literary and characteristical lives of John Gregory, M.D. Henry Home, Lord Kames. David Hume, Esq. and Adam Smith, L.L.D To which are added A dissertation on public spirit; and three essays. By the late William Smellie, Member of the Antiquarian and Royal Societies of Edinburgh., dated 1800, held by Wellcome Collection. Sketches of the history of man / [Anon]., dated 1779, held by Wellcome Collection. Principles of equity. By Henry Home of Kames, one of the Senators of the College of Justice, and one of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, dated 1800, held by Wellcome Collection. To the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Mrs Agatha Drummond of Blair, and Henry Home, Esq; of Kames, one of the senators of the College of Justice, her husband, for his interest, .., dated 1769, held by Wellcome Collection. Sketches of history of man. In four volumes. By Henry Home, Lord Kaims, author of elements of criticism., dated MDCCLXXV. [1775], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 82 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Home, Henry, Lord Kames, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Home, Henry, Lord Kames (1696–1782), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Henry Home, Lord Kames, and: Henry Home, Lord Kames and the Scottish Enlightenment (review), Journal of the History of Philosophy, 1973. Lord Kames as Lord of Session and Lord of Justiciary, Henry Home, Lord Kames and the Scottish Enlightenment, 1971. Home, Henry (Lord Kames) (1696–1782), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. LÜKSLE VE LÜKSE KARŞI: İSKOÇ AYDINLANMASINDA LÜKS ÜZERİNE DÜŞÜNCELER, Felsefe Dünyası, 2023. Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696-1782), Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford, 1972.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 16 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Henry Home, Lord Kames studied at University of Edinburgh. the recorded working language is English.

Residence is recorded at Kames. Membership is recorded of Faculty of Advocates, Royal Society of Edinburgh and The Select Society.

Chronology

  1. 1696Henry Home, Lord Kames born at Berwickshire.
  2. 1779Sketches of the history of man / [Anon]. (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1782Henry Home, Lord Kames died.
  4. 1800Elucidations respecting the Common and Statute Law of Scotland. By Henry Home, Lord Kames, Late One of the Senators of the College of Justice, and One of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1800Literary and characteristical lives of John Gregory, M.D. Henry Home, Lord Kames. David Hume, Esq. and Adam Smith, L.L.D To which are added A dissertation on public spirit; and three essays. By the late William Smellie, Member of the Antiquarian and Royal Societies of Edinburgh. (Wellcome Collection).

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Henry Home, Lord Kames”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1341370: Henry Home, Lord Kames

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