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Morgan

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United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)

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lewis henry morgan

Other meanings

2. noun

United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945)

3. noun

a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688)

4. noun

soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802)

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