   the right honourable john lubbock, 1st baron avebury pc frs dcl lld (30 april 1834 â 28 may 1913), known as sir john lubbock, 4th baronet from 1865 until 1900, was a banker, liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. he was a banker and worked with his familyâs company, but also made significant contributions in archaeology, ethnography, and several branches of biology. he helped establish archaeology as a scientific discipline, and was also influential in nineteenth-century debates concerning evolutionary theory. ==early life== john lubbock was born in 1834, the son of sir john lubbock, 3rd baronet, a london banker, and was brought up in the family home of high elms estate, near downe in kent. during 1842 his father brought home a "great piece of news": the young lubbock said later that he initially thought that the news might be of a new pony, and was disappointed to learn it was only that charles darwin was moving to down house in the village. the youth was soon a frequent visitor to down house, and became the closest of darwinâs younger friends. their relationship stimulated young lubbockâs passion for science and evolutionary theory. in 1845, lubbock began studies at eton college, and after graduation was employed by his father's bank (which later amalgamated with coutts & co), of which he became a partner at the age of twenty-two. in 1865 he succeeded to the baronetcy.{{eb1911|inline=1 |
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