Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury
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Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury by Horace G Hutchinson
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.
Hutchinson, Horace Gordon: - Horace Gordon Hutchinson began his golfing career at an early age playing on Royal North Devon. By the age of sixteen, he won the club medal championship and, by club rules, became its Captain. At the school he made his mark immediately playing number one on the golf team and leading them to victory over arch rival, Cambridge. Hutchinson's finest golf efforts occurred in the British Amateur, which he won in 1886 and 1887. He became the first player to successfully defend the championship when he beat the great John Ball on Ball's home course. He died in 1932.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108076456 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108076459 |
| Title | Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury |
| Author | Horace G Hutchinson |
| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - British And Irish History 19th Century |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2014-10-30 |
| Number of pages | 366 |
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