John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

British banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath

Date of Birth: 30-Apr-1834

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 28-May-1913

Profession: politician, zoologist, banker, biologist, botanist, statistician, entomologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, prehistorian

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

  • John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, (30 April 1834 – 28 May 1913), 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 "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, respectively.
  • He helped establish archaeology as a scientific discipline, and was also influential in nineteenth-century debates concerning evolutionary theory.
  • He introduced the first law for the protection of the UK's archaeological and architectural heritage.
  • He was also a founding member of the X Club.

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