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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

1834 - 1913

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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (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 "Palaeolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, respectively. He helped establish archaeology as a scientific discipline, and was influential in debates concerning evolutionary theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury is the 30th most popular archaeologist (up from 38th in 2019), the 1,565th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,535th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury ranks 30 out of 151. Before him are Khaemweset, Louis Leakey, Austen Henry Layard, Flinders Petrie, Othniel Charles Marsh, and Leo Frobenius. After him are Paul Pelliot, George Gaylord Simpson, Bogdan Filov, Robert Ballard, André Leroi-Gourhan, and Ernst Curtius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury ranks 28. Before him are Kondō Isami, Hetty Green, Kawakami Gensai, Gaston Planté, Julia Pastrana, and Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska. After him are Heinrich von Treitschke, Gustav Nachtigal, Viktor Hartmann, Herman Snellen, Lev Ivanov, and Ludovic Halévy. Among people deceased in 1913, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury ranks 29. Before him are Mariano Rampolla, Louis Paul Cailletet, Gustaf de Laval, Empress Dowager Longyu, Emily Davison, and David Popper. After him are Infanta Antónia of Portugal, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Song Jiaoren, Henry Flagler, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, and Edwin Klebs.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury ranks 1,565 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Lear (1812), Emily Watson (1967), Thomas Cole (1801), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), William McDougall (1871), and Alun Armstrong (1946). After him are Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Mary Ann Nichols (1845), Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480), Malcolm McLaren (1946), Mary de Bohun (1369), and Andy Fletcher (1961).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury ranks 7. Before him are Howard Carter (1874), Arthur Evans (1851), Colin Renfrew (1937), George Smith (1840), George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), and Flinders Petrie (1853). After him are Leonard Woolley (1880), John O. Westwood (1805), Max Mallowan (1904), Robert Broom (1866), Colin Groves (1942), and Alan Gardiner (1879).

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