Said lumped pro-independence scholars into one reductive lineage

Evidence

This is the only reference to Edward Granville Browne in the whole book. As we have seen, Browne campaigned tirelessly for Persian independence and democracy. He was a bane of the British Parliament and Foreign Office. What on earth is he doing in this sneery list? And in what sense is he in the direct line of descent from Lane? — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing, 532