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Obituary SAGE Publications, Inc.1913DOI: 10.1177/146642401303400604 JOHN LLBBOCy the first Lord Avebury, was born in London in 1834. By his death, on May 28th, we have lost one of our oldest Fellows, his connection with our Institute dating from 1876. He was a Vice- President from that year to 1888, and from 1906 onward, and was a Trustee from 1882 to 1888. Other and older societies have had his name on their roll for a still longer time. For instance, the British Association from 1853, and the Royal Society from 1858. He most filly held the Presidency of the Selborne Society for many years. He succeeded to a baronetcy in 1865, and perhaps will be best remembered as Sir John Lubbock, for it was under that title that so much of his public work was done. He was created Baron Avebury in 1900, taking his title from a place hallowed to all antiquarians. He was educated firstly at home, and afterwards at Eton, and though he entered into business very early, losing all the advantages of college-life, he was for many years closely connected with the London University in distinguished capacities : firstly as its Vice-Chancellor from 1872 to