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3 sie 2023 · Best Hundred Books. ... Sir John Lubbock's Reply and Final List ... Print/export. Printable version; Download EPUB; Download MOBI;
I.—SIR JOHN LUBBOCK'S FIRST LIST. (As Classified by the Pall Mall Gazette, Jan. 11, 1886.)
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Many of these books are still in Africa, along the line of march, and will be kept as fetishes until some African antiquarian will pick some of them up a century hence, and wonder how on earth "Jane Eyre," printed in 1870, came to be in Iturn, or Thackeray's "Esmond," Dickens, and Scott came to be preserved among the Iubari of Gambaragara.
100 Best Books by Donald L. Foster, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque The game officially began in 1886 when Sir John Lubbock compiled a list of one hundred books which he considered 'necessary for a liberal education." The list was reprinted several times in various forms, with such notables as
11 gru 2013 · Moreover, his acquisition of his biggest ‘artefacts’—namely Avebury and Silbury Hill—helped to focus his attention on ancient monuments legislation to protect prehistoric sites. Paul Pettitt and Mark White assess Lubbock's contributions to the discipline of archaeology.
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, PC, DL, FRS, FRAI (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.
