John William Lubbock, 3d baronet
1803–65
Astronomer, mathematician, and banker. A neighbour of CD’s in Down. First vice-chancellor of London University, 1837–42. Entered the family bank, 1827. Treasurer and vice-president of the Royal Society of London, 1830–5 and 1838–47. Succeeded to the baronetcy in 1840. FRS 1829.
Sources
DSB
ODNB
Record of the Royal Society of London
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
Record of the Royal Society of London: The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940.
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