Life of Sir John Lubbock Lord Avebury

The achievements of the polymath Sir John Lubbock (18341913) spanned banking politics science and philanthropy. First published in 1914 this two-volume biography by Horace G. Hutchinson (18591932) 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.