Sir Joseph Banks is justly celebrated as a “naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences.” His role as an expedition scientist on Captain Cook’s first voyage set a benchmark for ...

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 ...

In 1809, following the suggestion of Sir Joseph Banks, Hooker visited Iceland, and in 1813 his “Journal of a Tour in Iceland” was published, though it had been privately circulated in 1811.