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Taming Nature: John Lubbock and Nineteenth-Century Entomology
John Clark, University of St Andrews
This talk examines the career of Charles Darwin's neighbour, John Lubbock FRS, first Baron Avebury (1834-1914) - banker, MP, anthropologist, and entomologist. He made significant contributions to the study of insects, and his achievements are said to have included taming a wasp, and teaching a dog to read.