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    Joseph Banks

    English naturalist and botanist (–)

    For other people named Joseph Banks, see Joseph Banks (disambiguation).

    Sir Joseph Banks

    Bt GCB FRS

    Portrait of Joseph Banks by Sir Joshua Reynolds,

    Born()24 February (13 February O.S.)

    30 Argyll Street, London, England

    Died19 June () (aged&#;77)

    Spring Grove House, Isleworth, London, England

    Alma&#;materChrist Church, Oxford
    Known&#;forVoyage of HMS Endeavour, exploration of Botany Bay
    SpouseDorothea Banks
    Scientific career
    FieldsBotany
    InstitutionsRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    Author&#;abbrev. (botany)Banks
    In office
    –
    Preceded bySir John Pringle
    Succeeded byWilliam Hyde Wollaston

    Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, FRS (24 February&#;[O.S. 13 February]&#;&#;&#; 19 June [1]) was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences.[2]

    Banks made his name on the natu

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    Sir Joseph Banks ( - )

    Sir Joseph Banks  ©Banks was a British explorer and naturalist who, as long-time president of the Royal Society, became known for his promotion of science.

    Joseph Banks was born on 13 February in London. His passion for botany began at school. From to he studied at Oxford University, during which time he inherited a considerable fortune. In , Banks travelled to Newfoundland and Labrador, collecting plant and other specimens. The same year he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society.

    In , he joined the Society's expedition, led by Captain James Cook, to explore the uncharted lands of the South Pacific. The expedition circumnavigated the globe and visited South amerika, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia and Java. Banks collected an enormous number of specimens on the way and, on his return, his scientific account of the voyage and its discoveries sparked considerable interest across Europe.

    Banks was interested in plants that could be used for practical

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    'The Explorer' part I

    Born into a life of privilege, Joseph Banks was the son of a wealthy Lincolnshire landowner, but managed to avoid the path that would seem to have been set before him. So many wealthy young men in his day would study only those subjects suitable for gentlemen, do their 'Grand Tour' of Europe and, finally, settle down to a life of elegant excess, having 'married well'.

    Instead, young Banks craved knowledge. Ray Desmond recounts a prime example of this in his superb book 'Kew, The History of the Royal Botanic Gardens' (The Harvill Press with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - , ISBN )

    'When he entered Christ Church, Oxford as a gentleman-commoner, the Sherardian chair of Botany was held by Humphrey Sibthorp who never published a scientific paper and delivered only one public lecture during the 35 years of his professorship. Sibthorp therefore did not object when Banks paid a youn