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3 unusual facts about Sir John Lubbock


1865 in archaeology

John Lubbock publishes Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages, including his coinage of the term Palæolithic.

Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors

The large showy blossom cannot but attract the passing bee, whose favorite color (according to Sir John Lubbock) it waves.

Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baronet

He was fond of horses and hunting and used to drive 4 Greys into the City from his house in St James Place, which he had purchased in 1802 with Samuel Rogers the poet; Sir John taking two-thirds and Mr Rogers one-third.


Bank holiday

In 1871, the first legislation relating to bank holidays was passed when Liberal politician and banker Sir John Lubbock introduced the Bank Holidays Act 1871, which specified the days in the table below.

Baron Avebury

It was created in 1900 for the banker, politician and archaeologist Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet.

Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet (1834–1913) (created Baron Avebury in 1900)


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