Lewis Morgan Death Cause and Date

Lewis Morgan's Death

Born (Birthday) November 21, 1818

Death Date December 17, 1881

Age of Death 63 years

Cause of Death Scarlet Fever

Profession Anthropologist

The anthropologist Lewis Morgan died at the age of 63. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Remembered best for his pioneering anthropological research on social structure and relationships, Morgan proposed the notion that matrilineal (rather than patriarchal) social organization was the first domestic structure in human history.

His marriage to Mary Elizabeth Steele resulted in children named Lemuel, Mary, and Helen.