Quotes:Lubbock, John

Zirkoff, Boris

Lubbock, Sir John (1834-1913). See Vol. VII, p. 381, for data.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 3, p. 515

Lubbock, Sir John, 1st Baron Avebury. British archaeologist and man of science, b. in London, April 30, 1834; d. at Kingsgate Castle, near Ramsgate, Kent, May 28, 1913. Educated at Eton; joined banking business of father, 1848, becoming partner in it, 1856. Rose to great eminence in this profession. Entered Parliament, 1870, and from 1880 to 1900 sat for London University. Raised to Peerage, 1900, as Baron Avebury. Recognized authority on financial and educational questions, his name being associated with the Bank Holidays Act, 1881, the Shop Regulation Act, 1885, and the Shop Hours Act, 1904. Outstanding supporter of principle of proportional representation. His scientific studies were directed mainly towards ancient remains and history of mankind, and the habits of insects. He was a voluminous writer on biology, geology, palaeontology and economics, some of his works having an enormous circulation. Chief Works: Ants, Bees and Wasps, etc. 2nd ed., 1882, in Intern’l Science Series, Vol. 40,— Prehistoric Man, 1865. —Fifty Years of Science, 1884.— The Origin of Civilization, 1870. —On the Senses, Instincts, and Intelligence of Animals, etc., 2nd ed., 1889, in Intern’l Sc. Ser., Vol. 65.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 7, p. 381