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Taming Nature: John Lubbock and Nineteenth-Century Entomology

 

  • 07 November 2008, 13:00 - 02:00
Add to Calendar 11/07/08 01:00 PM 11/07/08 02:00 AM United Kingdom (GMT) Taming Nature: John Lubbock and Nineteenth-Century Entomology <p>Public lecture by John Clark, University of St Andrews</p> The Royal Society, London, SW1Y 5AG
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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.