THE commemoration of the centenary of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., who died on June 19, 1820, was celebrated by the Linnean Society on Thursday last, as mentioned on p. 496 of NATURE for June 17 ...

He ditched his teenaged fiancee to join the Endeavor on its famous voyage to Australia in the 1700s. Upon his return, Sir Joseph Banks was a celebrity among the botanical set and quite the man ...

News Published: 24 November 1928 Sir Joseph Banks, Bart JOSEPH BANKS Nature 122, 815–816 (1928) Cite this article ...