Joseph Banks
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 204 years ago |
Date of birth | February 24,1743 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Argyll Street |
Date of died | June 19,1820 |
Died | Isleworth |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse(s) | Dorothea Banks |
Parents | William Banks |
Sarah Bate | |
Spouse | Dorothea Hugessen |
Known for | HMS Endeavour |
Botany Bay | |
Siblings | Sarah Sophia Banks |
Books | Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks |
Education | University of Oxford |
Eton College | |
Harrow School | |
Christ Church | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 413195 |
Joseph Banks Life story
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, FRS was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences. Banks made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador.
Flowers, fruit and bakes compete for best in show
Oct 29,2021 2:57 am
... She was awarded the Banksian Medal, provided by the Royal Horticultural Society to all of its affiliated societies and named after scientist and gardener Sir Joseph Banks...
The clever-glass box, which at the same time, the world
Feb 16,2020 10:22 am
... the father of modern plant hunting, Sir Joseph Banks, was aware of the economic potential of moving plants from one colonial Outpost to another...
Maori-shoots: the UK deplores killings by the Endeavour crew
Feb 16,2020 6:46 am
... it was very much regretted, which documents the crew of the Endeavour at the time, as in the diary of Joseph Banks [the expedition s official botanist] and regret is not here today...