UID:
almafu_9960118778102883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 334, 2 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-71122-3
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. British and Irish history, 19th century
Content:
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 2 focuses on Lubbock's later life, with Hutchinson remarking that by seventy Lubbock was still politically active and in good health.
Note:
Originally published in London by Macmillan and Co. in 1914.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-07646-7
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107711228
