[Ads-l] Antedating of "Anthropology"

[Shapiro, Fred]

NOTE: My feeble brain cannot firmly grasp the distinction between senses 2.a. and 2.b. of the OED's entry for "anthropology," but on its face the citation below seems to be an antedating of 2.b.

anthropology (OED, 2.b., 1832)

1803 William Blair  (title) Anthropology, or, The Natural History of Man.

Fred Shapiro

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