1ST See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN LUBBOCK See also:

• AVEBURY
• 1ST BARON JOHN LUBBOCK AVEBURY (1834– )

AVEBURY (1834– )  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English banker, politician and naturalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 3oth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1834, the son of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Lubbock, 3rd See also:

• BARONET

baronet, himself a highly distinguished See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science . John Lubbock was sent to See also:

• ETON

Eton in 1845; but three years later was taken into his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• BANK

bank, and became a partner at twenty-two . In 1865 he succeeded to the baronetcy . His love of science kept See also:

• PACE (through O. Fr. pas, from Lat. passus, step, properly the stretch of the leg in walking, from pandere, to stretch)
• PACE, RICHARD (c. 1482-1536)

pace with his increasing participation in public affairs . He served on commissions upon coinage and other See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial questions; and at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time acted as See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Entomological Society and of the Anthropological See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in his career several banking reforms of See also:

• GREAT

great importance were due to his initiative, while such See also:

• WORKS

works as Prehistoric Times (1865) and The Origin of See also:

• CIVILIZATION

Civilization (1870) were proceeding from his See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen . In 1870, and again in 1874, he was elected a member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for See also:

• MAIDSTONE

Maidstone . He lost the seat at the See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of 1880; but was at once elected member for London University, of which he had been See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor since 1872 . He carried numerous enactments in parliament, including the Bank Holidays See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1871, and bills dealing with absconding debtors, See also:

• SHOP

shop See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours regulations, public See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries, open spaces, and the preservation of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient monuments, and he proved himself an indefatigable and influential member of the Unionist party . A prominent supporter of the Statistical Society, he took an active See also:

• PART

part in criticizing the encroachment of municipal trading and the increase of the municipal See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt . He was elected the first president of the Institute of Bankers in 1879; in 1881 he was president of the See also:

• BRITISH

British Association, and from 1881 to 1886 president of the Linnaean Society . He received honorary degrees from the See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge (where he was Rede lecturer in 1886), See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin and See also:

• WURZBURG

Wurzburg; and in 1878 was appointed a trustee of the British Museum .

From 1888 to 1892 he was president of the London Chamber of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

Commerce; from 1889 to 1890 vice-chairman and from 1890 to 1892 chairman of the London See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

County See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council . During the same See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he served on royal commissions on See also:

• EDUCATION

education and on See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold and See also:

• SILVER

silver . In 1890 he was appointed a privy councillor; and was chairman of the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design on the new coinage in 1891 . In 1900 he was raised to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• AVEBURY
• AVEBURY, JOHN LUBBOCK, 1ST BARON (1834– )

Avebury, and he continued to See also:

• PLAY

play a leading part in public See also:

• LIFE

life, not only by the See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of his authority on many subjects, but by the readiness with which he See also:

• LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

lent his support to movements for the public benefit . Among other matters he was a prominent See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate of proportional See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation . As an See also:

• ORIGINAL

original author and a thoughtful popularizer of natural See also:

• HISTORY

history and See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy he had few rivals in his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, as is evidenced by the number of See also:

• EDITIONS

editions issued of many of his writings, among which the most widely-read have been: The Origin and Metamorphoses of See also:

• INSECTS

Insects (1873), British See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

Flowers (1875), Ants, Bees and Wasps (1882), Flowers, See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

Fruit and Leaves (1886), The Pleasures of Life (1887), The Senses, Instincts and Intelligence of Animals (1888), The Beauties of Nature (1892), The Use of Life (1894) .