Lubbock - Sir John Lubbock

Japanese: ラボック - らぼっく(英語表記)Sir John Lubbock
Lubbock - Sir John Lubbock

British banker and author. He succeeded his father, who was also a banker, and wrote many books while also taking over the management of the bank. His book on archaeology, Prehistory (1865), proposed calling the chipped stone age the Paleolithic and the ground stone age the Neolithic. Prior to this, in 1860, he surveyed valleys in Britain and France, such as the Thames and the Somme, and confirmed the existence of the Paleolithic, when humans and extinct fossil mammals lived together. He was interested not only in archaeology, but also in biology, geology, ethology, and folklore, and was involved in various social activities, serving as a member of the House of Commons, honorary vice-chancellor of the University of London, and president of the London Chamber of Commerce.

[Takeji Iijima]

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Japanese:

イギリスの銀行家、著述家。銀行家の父の後を継いで銀行を経営する一方で、多くの著述を残した。考古学関係の著書としては『先史時代』(1865)があり、打製石器期を旧石器時代、磨製石器期を新石器時代とよぶことを提案した。これより先、1860年にテムズ、ソンムなどのイギリス、フランスの渓谷を調査し、すでに絶滅した化石哺乳(ほにゅう)動物と人類がともに活動していた旧石器時代の存在を確認している。考古学のみならず、生物、地質、人種、土俗学などにも興味をもち、また各種の社会的活動を行い、下院議員、ロンドン大学名誉副総長、ロンドン商業会議所会頭なども務めた。

[飯島武次]

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