UID:
almahu_9947415324302882
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiv, 338, 2 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781107711211 (ebook)
Serie:
Cambridge library collection. British and Irish history, 19th century
Inhalt:
The achievements of the polymath Sir John Lubbock (1834–1913) spanned banking, politics, science and philanthropy. First published in 1914, this two-volume biography by Horace G. Hutchinson (1859–1932) traces Lubbock's extraordinary life and career. Hutchinson, who knew his subject in later years, paints a highly favourable portrait of Lubbock's varied accomplishments. Notably, Lubbock became a partner of his father's bank at twenty-two, a Member of Parliament in 1870, and in 1900 received the title of Baron Avebury. Tutored in natural history by Charles Darwin in his youth, he remained fascinated by evolutionary theory: it influenced his archaeological and anthropological work, including Pre-Historic Times as Illustrated by Ancient Remains (1865) and The Origin of Civilisation and the Primitive Condition of Man (1870), both reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. Volume 1 covers Lubbock's early childhood and private education, his introduction to banking, and Darwin's influence on his passion for science.
Anmerkung:
Originally published in London by Macmillan and Co. in 1914.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: ISBN 9781108076456
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107711211
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