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A history correction (Score:1)
They were borrowed from there by Scheme circa 1975 or so. And after that rapidly expanded through other Lisp dialects. Now the only commonly used Lisp that does not support closures is EMACS Lisp. (Which also doesn't support tail-recursion, also popularized by Scheme.)
As for why a closure is called a closure, I think that the phrase, "closes over the environment" is highly suggestive...
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