# John Ferguson McLennan — Mutual Aid character guide

> John Ferguson McLennan in Mutual Aid by Peter Kropotkin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** MacLennan, J. F. MacLennan

**First appearance:** 0004-iii-mutual-aid-among-savages

## Who they are

Scottish ethnologist, cited on primitive marriage and kinship systems.

## In the story

### [Mutual Aid Among Savages](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mutual_aid_se/chapters/iii-mutual-aid-among-savages)

MacLennan is included as one of the key researchers in the comparative study of early social institutions.

### [VII: The Origin of the Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mutual_aid_se/chapters/vii-the-origin-of-the-family)

Mentioned alongside Bachofen and Morgan as a systematizer of early marriage institutions.

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