John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath (1834-1913) · Politicians · Died at 79
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Lubbock portrayed in Strand Magazine, 1891
Caricature from Punch, 1882
Kingsgate Castle in Kent was rebuilt by Lord Avebury. He sought legal protection for heritage buildings.
Pages from a book of obituary cuttings following the death of Sir John Lubbock in 1913
Lord Avebury speaking during the presentation of the first replica of Diplodocus carnegii to the trustees of the British Museum of Natural History, 12 May 1905
Alice, Lady Lubbock, and her three eldest children, portrait by Frederick Samuel Beaumont
Battersea Library plaque, 1899. Lubbock was a promoter of public libraries.Awards
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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet, from 1865 until 1900, was an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. Lubbock worked in his family company as a banker but made significant contributions in archaeology, ethnography, and several branches of biology. He coined the terms "Palaeolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, respectively. He helped establish archaeology as a scientific discipline, and was influential in debates concerning evolutionary theory. He introduced the first law for the protection of the UK's archaeological and architectural heritage. He promoted the establishment of public libraries and was also a founding member of the X Club.
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