An Original Letter and Envelope Written and Signed by Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet.

Sir John Lubbock SIGNED

Verlag: UK, 1891

Beschreibung

An Original Letter and Envelope Written and Signed by John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet. Dated March 1891. A short letter about his cold. John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, 1834-1913, 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 influential in debates concerning evolutionary theory.[1] 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.Provenance: From the family of autograph collector Emily Mary Rose Lee (1869-1949), wife of Colonel William Crawford Walton (1864-1937). Emily was the daughter of William Lee, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow from 1874 to 1886, and granddaughter of John Lee (1779-1859), Principal of Edinburgh University from 1840 to 1859. Size is 152m x 98mm. Condition is good. Light folding creasing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17164. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 024981

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Titel: An Original Letter and Envelope Written and ...

Verlag: UK

Erscheinungsdatum: 1891

Einband: Paper

Zustand: Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: First Edition