Joseph Banks (1743-1820) was born on 13 February 1743 in Lincolnshire ... On their return to England in 1771, the men became heroes of the London scientific community. The following year, Banks led ...

English naturalist Joseph Banks was the longest-serving president of the Royal ... Banks' most notable journey was aboard the HMS Endeavour, which sailed around the world from 1768 to 1771. Commanded ...

Sir Joseph Banks didn’t technically found the Royal Botanic Gardens ... and he became Kew's unofficial director on his return in 1771. He also returned from Australia with a kangaroo skin with which ...

Old man banksia (Banksia serrata), collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on Captain Cook's voyage of discovery to Australasia (1769-1771). The Museum's two million General Herbarium specimens ...