Earth and Sky, Woods and Fields, Lakes and Rivers, the Moun… - John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

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Earth and Sky, Woods and Fields, Lakes and Rivers, the Mountain and the Sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, PC (April 30, 1834 – May 28, 1913) was an English banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist. He served as President of the Royal Statistical Society.

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Native Name: John

Alternative Names: John Lord Avebury • Avebury • Sir John Lubbock • J. Lubbock

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